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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
DELAWARE JURIsTs 10
WEAR JUDICIAL ROBES

Members OF the State SUI
preme Court on Tuesday prob
ably for the first time in the
history Of the state. appeared
on the bench ia judicial robes.
The sight was impressive as
the judges filed out Of cham
bers to the bench.
Henry NJ. Candy and An
thony +. Emery, OF Whining
ton, were admitted TO practice
in the State courts. The oaths
were administered by Chan
cellor WoIcott.
The other judges ON the
bench were Chief Justice Lay
ton, Associate Judges Rodney,
Harrington, Richards and
Reinhardt.
A bill was introduced in the
Legislature in 1898 authoriz-
ing the State judges to wear
robes upon the bench but
nothing came Of the bill. Il is
understood that the decision
to wear judicial robes came
from the judges themselves.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
KENT COURT DISPOSES
OF 3 MURDER CASES
Harry Porter, OF Harrington, Sen
fenced For Fair Robbery

In the Court of General Sessions
at Dover on Monday three murder
cases were disposed of and the de-
PENDANTS sentenced.
Bennie Roberts, negro, aged 81
years, indicted for first degree muir
der in the shooting Of Elmer Ben
nett, negro, near Harrington, on
August 81, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter, which the State accepted.
He was sentenced to serve II years
IN the New Castle County Work
house.
Ignatius Queen, Jr., negro, aged 1S
years, indicted on a charge Of second
degree murder in the shooting Of
Raymond Griffith. negro. near Ken
ton on May 5, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter and was sentenced TO three
years In the Kent county Jail.
Norman f. Taylor, negro, charged
[TRYn to Page 5, Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
ARREST NAN WHO
STOLE WHITEHEAD CAR

John H. Lucas, Of Redden,
four miles north Of George
town, was arrested last Fri
day by Private Irving VienOt
Of the State Highway Police
force on a charge Of stealing
the automobile Of Miss Loretta
Whitehead Of near Milford,
from the carnival grounds in
Milford, on October 12. He was
given a hearing before Magis-
trate w. Frank Sharp. Of
Georgetown, and in default OF
$1,000 bail, committed to the
Sussex county jail for the
February term Of Court Of
General Sessions.
Lucas. It Is understood, re-
Gently stole many articles
from the CCC camp. located
near Redden, but no action
was taken against him. II is
said that notice was served on
him 20 leave the State within
ten days or prosecution would
follow. II is understood that
the automobile Of Miss White
head was stolen for the pur-
pose OF making a getaway.
Lucas, II is stated. was plan
ming to go to Virginia where
he lived before coming to Del
aware some years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
NOV. Is DEADLINE FOR
WHEAT APPLICANTS
Applications Must BE In Committee
Hands BY That Date


Although the dead-line for sign
ing applications for the new 1886
1899 wheat adjustment contracts has
not been definitely set by the wheat
production control associations, the
sIgn-up work must be completed
within the next two weeks IN order
that all applications may be in the
hands Of the county allotment COM
mittees on November is, according
20 instructions issued BY the Agri-
cultural Adjustment Administration.
within the past few weeks dis
trict committeeman have been en-
gagged IN assisting farmers In maxi
ing applications for these new wheat
contracts, and It is expected that
larger number Of wheat growers in
Kent county viii sign contracts this
year than signed in the fall Of 1888
when this wheat production control
program was first started In this
country.
Those wheat growers who have
I7'mN 10 Page 5, Please
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
OPEN VERDICT NDEATH
OF MAN ON R.R. TRACKS
Jury Finds Edward ]. Collins Came
TO His Death By Causes Unknown

Jury empaneled by Coroner G.
H. lockwood of FrankfOrd, on Fri
day night last, decided that Edward
]. Collins, age Sc, found dead along
the railroad tracks one mile north
O. Georgetown Wednesday afternoon,
last week, came to his death from
an unknown cause" thus leaving the
case open for thorough inYestiga-
tion
A cloud Of mystery surrounds his
death, Judging from what was
brought out at the cOroner's inquest.
The fact was established. ii is
thought beyond a doubt, that he
was not killed by the passenger
train due at Georgetown at 7:l7
on Tuesday night Of last week, nor
the northbound passenger train due
at about 5:45 a. m, for he was seen
at $3.50 on Wednesday morning Of
hast week by Paul Swain, owner OF
a milk route In Georgetown, walk
ing down the railroad tracks at the
latter time. Beyond the fact that
Swain saw him, no clue so far has
been established as to his where
abouts between that time and the
time that his body was found.
The general suppOsition Is that
he was struck by train going north
OF south, between $3.50 a. m. and
1880 D. m. There is a remote possi-
bility. however. that he may have
been hit BY an automobile and
placed along the tracks, OF that he
might have met foul play.
Collins funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at the funeral parlors Of
j.. T. Carey. Burial took place at
McGolley's Chapel. Ave miles north
OF Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
PROBE DISAPPEARANCE
OF GEORGETOWN MAN
Howard w. King Last Seen Last
Friday Morning; Fear POui fiay

Howard w. King, age 26 years,
former clerk in the Georgetown post
Office, well known insurance man
and concert and church violinist, is
missing and relatives, friends and
officers are unable to locate him.
Flyers have been sent to many of
the eastern cities, motor vehicle de-
partments of several states have
been notified TO be on the lookout
for a Chevrolet coach, painted blue
and a 1894 model, bearing license
plate number 1901.
The young man last was seen
about 8 o'clock last Friday morning
when he stopped at the filling sta
tiUn of George Asa Gray, just out
side of Georgetown. He was bound
north.
Relatives, friends and officers are
unable to account for his sudden dis
From what can be learn
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
STATE FARMERS
SUPPORT AAA
cOFn-HOg Program Gets Wide Ma.
iOrlty In State

Delaware farmers voted sweeping
approval in last Saturdays referen-
DUN for a four-year continuation of
the AAA corn-hog program. Returns
from outlying districts in Kent and
Sussex counties were not in. but it
is sure that the large majority voted
approval
Corn-hog producers In New Castle
county balloted 125 in favor to one
opposed. County Agent Willim said
Monday morning. Twenty-seven con-
tract signers OF 1885 in the northern
district unanimously approved con-
tinuation. and among the 81 contract
TMrH % Page 5. Pieasel
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, October ss. TO
Tuesday, October ss, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for MiI-
ford, from Wednesday, October %.
TO Tuesday, October %, inclusive
Temperatl1ra nnfm
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
INDIAN VILLAGE
REMAINS DUG UP
AreheOIoglsts Find More Evidence
o. Community AZ Prime Hook Neck

Additional evidence that the Nam
ticoke branch Of the Algonquin In
dian nation occupied a large village
site at Prime Hook Neck, near
Slaughter's Creek, about 10 miles
below Milford. long before the adj
vent OF the white man in this coun-
try, was unearthed by members Of
the Archaeological Society Of Dela-
ware last Saturday and Sunday.
A party representing the society,
including nr. J. Alden Mason. cura-
tor Of the American Archaeological
M1seurn, University Of PennsylVa-
[Tgra 70 PAGE 9. PlsaSfl
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-01
Total Rainfaii

Total Rainfall - .o4
The following winds ard oondi-
tiona prevailed during ths same
period:
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
Britain Kills Laval Plan
For Peace, Benefitting Italy
ww --~yDyNw~@
By III. X, REYNOLDS

LONDON, Dec. 13 0N.SJ.-In-
directly and extra-officially, but
none-the-less positively, Britain to-
day repudiated the Paris peace
plan that would give italy domain
over nearly half of Ethiopia, and
left Premier Pierre Laval Of
France alone to defend it.
AS a result of an unprecedented
storm, invading even Tory ranks.
against the governments alleged
desertion Of the mandate recently
voted by the electorate, circles
close to Downing Street permit
ted an amazing statement to be
published today in the Daily Mail.
Called a "Sick Man"
Inspired statements in circula-
tion," according to this newspaper,
which has close official contacts,
state that Sir Samuel Hoare (the
foreign minister) was a sick man
when he met Premier Laval in
Paris, and consequently was un-
duly impressed by M. Lavals ar
guments about the dangers Of a
general European conflagration if
the sanctions policy were main
tained against Italy"
1t Is true that Sir Samuel has
been indisposed, and visited Laval
while on his way to Switzerland
for a rest.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
TWO FRIENDS
OF DEADGIRL
GR|LLED
Lieut.. ItzeI Scans All
Evidence, Testimony
For New Clues

Richard Tear, 29-yearold en-
ploye of st. Elizabeths Hospital,
and Mrs. Frances Loring will be
questioned again within q few
days by authorities investigating
the murder of Corinna Loring, 1t
was learned today.
These two persons, who were
closest to the slain girl, will be
interrogated to clear up certain
points as soon as Lieut.. Joseph
Itzel, in charge of the investiga'
ton, has finished probing the
bulky testimony Of Mrs. Loring
and Tear,
Lieutenant Itzel left Marlboro,
seat Of the investigation, early
yesterday afternoon for Baltimore,
where he planned to interview two
women. who he thought might
throw some light on the puzzling
murder case. He will return to
Marlboro, and continue his ted1-
ouS efforts to dig something out
of the maze Of evidence and teS-
timonieS that will lead to q break.
Since the discovery Of the body
of the 26-year-old bride-tobe on
Saddleback Ridge several blocks
from her home five days after
she had disappeared on Novem-
Der 4, nothing has been uncovered
that promises to lead to an early
"break," detectives say.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
CONTINUED from Page y


have been studying application Of
sanctions for their assistance to
the League.
He stated the eighteen's task
was to establish peace and main
tain the authority of the League.
He told the experts they had rem
dered an appreciable service in
making effective the sanctions
already voted, and stressed that
Britain was ready to give all
the assistance in its power to aid
the Committee of Eighteen"
The committee then adjourned
until after the next council meet
ing, expected to be held on Thurs
day.
Laval Opposed
The peace plan most probably
will be scrapped in view OF Edens
flat statement OF yesterday that
any solution must be agreeable to
the League and Ethiopia as we'll
as to italy.
Premier Laval of France, it was
expected, will attempt to get the
League to lift the sanctions
against italy and declare the Italo-
Ethiopian conflict "a purely colo
NAL affair"
However, the small powers, led
by the little entente (Rumania,
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
and Poland, will try to have the
council reject the plan and turn
the conflict back to the commit
tee of l8-the general staff on
sanctions.
These smaller powers were ex-
pected to win their point, where
upon the 18 would Immediately
fix a date for oil sanctions.
Plan Nearly Dead
The rejected plan, the terms OF
which never have been made pub
lie officially, is widely and au-
thoritatively reported to provide
that Ethiopia make large territor-
ial ceSSions to italy. Its oppon-
ents have termed it an Anglo
French betrayal Of Ethiopia and
the League.
Ethiopians say it provides the
Emperorer "cede one-half Of his ter
ritory to italy and the other half
to the League"
Premier Benito Mussolini has
been expected to approve the plan
as q basis for discussion. II Duce
was believed likely to demand,
should he begin negotiations for
a peace, even further concessions
than those provided for.
Thus developments indicated
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
L|GGETT DEATH.
STARTS WIDE
CRIME QUIZ
u. S. Joins With Other
Agencies in Probing
Staying Of Editor

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. Is
G.N.SO While the investigation
of a heinous alliance between
politics and crime which he
sought with all the power Of his
vitriolic pen in life-and gained
in death-goes forward today,
public funeral services for Walter
Liggett, asSassinated editor, will
be held in st. Paul.
IN accordance with the crusad-
ing editors wishes, the services
will not be religious in nature.
Two lifelong friends, DR.. Ernest
Powell, a Minneapolis physician,
and Joseph Granbeck, attorney
who represented Liggett at the
editors recent trial on a statua-
tory offense, will deliver short
addresses. The body will be
cremated.
The editor was slain in an alley
at the rear of his home Monday
evening before the eyes Of his
wife, Mrs. Edith Liggett, and his
10-year-old daughter, Marda.
An investigation Of the assas.
sination by Federal Bureau Of In.
vestigation agents was assured to-
day, but whether the probe by
Omen would include investigation
of the slain editors oft-repeated
charges of a close association be-
tween Governor Floyd B. Olson's
administration and the under
world. was not known.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
a FIR f N { N
IN HOSPITALS

Continued from Page ~
Julian D. Hall, 6025 Seventh st.
N. w.
Franklin Helt, 32os Nineteenth
st. N. w.
Ernest Inscoe, $40 Columbia
Rd. N. w.
Andrew Sharper, 1880 Bladens-
burg Rd. N. E.
Abner P. Burgess, % D st. N, E.
Morrill, Mason. 5l4 Ashland
Ave. N. w.
Lieut.. John r. Moore, 81 New
York Ave. N. w.
Thomas Hoy, 2207 Q st, N. w.
Rodney K. Thomas, 5l0S
Thirteenth st. N. w.
Sidney Montgomery, 1912 Seven
teenth st. N. E.
Clarence R. Bassett, Landover,
Md.
Howard Thrasher. 1874 N st.
N w
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
MAXWELL GIRL
TO REMAIN
IN JAIL
Judge Allows Her to
Stay Near Her
Mother

WISE, Va, Dec. l3 QN.SO.
Broken In heart and in spirit,
pretty Edith Maxwell, 81, resigned
herself today to spend many more
weeks in the red brick jail here
before she loses all hope OF OBJ
tanning a new trial and is removed
to the State penitentiary at Rich
mond to serve 25 years for killing
her father.
Permission to remain In the
Jail so she "can be close to mama"
was granted her after Judge H. A.
w. Skeen, in circuit court, re-
fused to set aside a jury's verdict
of guilty and grant her a new
trial.
Edith. who was virtually ostra-
cized by the elder mountain folk
because she went to the city to
be educated as school teacher,
will be allowed to remain here
until the State Supreme Court OF
Appeals acts on her counserS pc
tition for another trial.
The Law Of the Hills
These elderly folk Of the back
country adhere to the rule OF the
mountains that q girls place Is in
her home helping her mother, and
not going to the city alone and
learning city ways. Furthermore,
she found herself an outcast
among these people because she
deliberately Haunted the rule Of
the mountains that no girl shall
stay out after 8 p. m. without a
chaperon.
In fact her staying out after
8 o'clock with q boy friend caused
the quarrel between her father,
Trigg Maxwell. and herself during
which she struck him on the head
with a slipper heel when, she
said he started to beat her and
threatened to kill her with a
butcher knife. He died a few
hours later. That night, during
last July, she did not return home
until nearly midnight.
Under our law" said Judge
Skeen, "the jury is the sole judge
of the facts.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13

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variation in the requirements Of
the three top powers, the United
States, Britain and Japan.
Conference AdjOurnS
In this discussion Of the Japa'
nese proposal for q common up
per limit, which was not con.
cluded when the conference ad.
journed until Monday, the Japa.
nese, in the face Of critical oppo-
Sition from all other delegations,
talked of justice, equality and
parity.
Admiral Nagano. after stating
the common upper limit need only
be applied to the three large
navies, made a bid for French
support by expressing a willing
ness to permit the common upper
limit to be applied to all five big
naval powers.
Yesterday he had insisted the
system should apply to only three
powers, and he promptly lost the
support which the French and
italian delegations had been Civ.
ing him.
Ambassador Davis earlier today
let Japan know in unmiStakable
terms that she might as well quit
talking about equality.
No matter what arguments ia
pan brings up, America does not
intend to give Japan anything
like parity in treaty form or in
fact, Mr.. Davis informed the
Japanese delegates when they
paid a courtesy call" on the
Americans at their hotel.
Japs Ask 5.44 Ratio
There were unofficial reports
among the French and Italian
delegates today that Japan was
leaning toward a 5-44 ratio in
stead of the present $50. Britain
would get the IS" and the United
States and Japan the "4's." be
cause Britain, in the Japanese
view. is entitled to greater navy,
while Japan wants parity with
the United States.
But again it was stated that such
q suggestion could be no more
than academic" for the United
States will neither grant Japan
parity nor Britain superiority.
The discussion remained unfin-
lShed when the conference ad-
journed until Monday. -
The heads of the various dele
cations then will resume debate
on the Japanese proposals, which
were opposed by delegates from
every capital but Tokyo.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13

since he announced he had visited
Hauptmann in his cell.
Visits Samuelson
6. DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Condor,
who has been making secret
hunt for new evidence against
Hauptmann in case a new trial is
granted him, visited Abraham
Samuelson, Bronx cabinet maker,
who has asserted he made the
kidnap ladder for Hauptmann.
7. Col. H. Norman Schwartz
kopf, head Of the New jersey State
police, denied knowledge of the re-
ported arrest as a material witness
in the Lindbergh case in Dallas,
Texas, of Joseph Schaz, 3l-year-
old bookkeeper.
8. At Atlantic City former State
Senator Emerson Richards de-
Scribed Governor Hoffman's activi-
ties in the case as political bally-
hoo"
8. The Evening Journal, in a
copyrighted story, based on hlth-
erto unpublished records of testi.
mony taken after Hauptmann's
arrest, declares that the carpenter
came close to confessing the crime
for which he was subsequently
convicted a few months after
Baby Lindbergh's body was dis
covered in its woodland grave.
Hauptmann. according to the
story, told his good friend, Hans
Klippenburg, that he had some
thing very heavy" on his mind
and that it would be too bad"
if they" caught him.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
Gets Welcome From Cops

BOSTON 0.N.SJ.-Robert F.
Chase, %, New Haven, Conn, wan.
dered into Hyde Park police sta
ton, told the sergeant his auto
mobile was lost and asked to be
directed to a room. They found
a room for him free Of charge.
He was charged with driving the
automobile which an hour before
knocked over a traffic signal in
Dedham Square.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
WILL FIX DATE.
0F.EXECUTI0N

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since he announced he had visited
Hauptmann in his cell.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
JAPS OPPOSE
BIG u. 5. NAVY

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variation in the requirements OF
the three top powers, the United
States, Britain and Japan.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
TEAR AND MRS. LORING TO FACE NEW SLAYNG INQUIRY
SeIassie SpuTns Peace
Based On Concessions

the plan was dying fast. The Brit
ish themselves, egged on by great
revolt at home, have virtually dis
owned the proposals. Officially
they have stressed continually that
the plan, agreed upon by Laval
and Sir Samuel Hoare, British
foreign secretary, was a League
venture and not an Anglo French
one.
Despite the Emperor's charge
today that the plan was not a
League proposal, Laval and Eden
have insisted it was drawn up
under mandate granted them by
the League.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
Boondoggling
FISH

The State Of Iowa soon will
have an abundance Of fish,
thanks to the foresight Of the
leaders of the Roosevelt Ad-
ministrati0n.
Recently the sum Of approx.
mately 100000 was allocated
to the State "tO improve fish
protection and propagation
throughout the counties" The
allotment was made from the
4,O00-miIliOn.dollar Works Pro-
greSS Administration fund.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
Judges TOYS Stolen

PORTLAND, Ore. G.N.sD-Lost
strayed or stolen-four automo-
biles from the chambers of Dis.
trict Judge Woodley The missing
rolling stock is a set of tiny auto
mobiles used by the court to dem
onstrate position Of automobiles
involved in accident cases.
The Washington times., 1935-12-13
Treasury Condition

international News Service
Treasury balance as of Decem-
Der II, $1,333,597,152.36; internal
revenue, $13,452,876.28; custom
receipts, $12,155,986.37.
, 1935-01-21

TIE STATE OF X J
COUNTY, OF CAMERON

TIE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice ~ Hereby Given that By vir-
tue OF q certain order Of sale issued
out o. = Honorable f4th judicial Dis
uict Court or Dallas County on the
lStn day OF December 1884. BY George
" harWocd. Clerk OF said Court. for
the sum cf one Thousand Five Hun
cred and Sixteen and 54-iO0 Dollars.
with interest and costs OF suit. under
. Judgment. in favor OF Southland
Lie insurance Company IN a certain
cause 10 said Court, No. e014-A and
styled: southland Life Insurance Co.
v. Q J. Joachim ct Tx. placed IN my
nAnus for service. !. j.. A. Goulsby. as
cnerlff OF Cameron County, Texas. did
o. . srd day q January, 1885. Levy
@ certain Real Estate. situated IN
cameron County. Texas. described as
Follows. to-wlt.
5eing Lot No. I. containing 5 acres
o. land. 10 No. 2 containing 5 acres
q 2 and Lot No. ,. containing 43s
ncFes o. land. as shown on the map
sno"lng D jos Joachim Subdivision
\ N snare No. - OF the Espiritu
$3.50 GIAnt As per map. plat and
@-on OF such Lots flied by Joe
doacnlm Owner. certified 70 nv Y III
Conrad. Civil Engineer. recorded ~
volume 5. page s. o. the Map and Plat
RECORDS Of Cameron County. Texas. re-
ms the same lien described IA A Deed
OF Trust from Joe j. Joachim and
VIE. Frieda Joachim. TO III. n seaT.
Trustee. dated December 8. fg2e. re-
corded IN Vol. Is pages sso-ses OF the
Deed O Trust Records Of Cameron
County. Texas. nnd levied upon a. the
property q Joe J.. Joachim and Frieda
Joachim and that on the First Tuesday
fn February 1885, the same being the
, 1935-01-21

PRIVATE LESSONS fn Spanish.
Experienced teacher. Taught 10
years In Mexico. Apply 9l2 18th
81, !. r.. Brownsville. Gl02
, 1935-01-21

ana 2AAAE NJ AEAnC
COUNTY OF CAMERON
Notice Is Hereby Given that by viz
tue Of q certain Order Of Sale issued
out Of the Honorable 103rd judicial
District Court OF Cameron County on
the 9Th day OF January 1885 by j. J.
Bishop, Clerk Of said Court. for the
sum OF Three Hundred and Two and
iS-lo0 (s302.i8 9 Dollars. with Interest
and costs OF suit. under q judgment,
In favor OF The Real Estate-Land Title
q Trust Co.. and r. p. McElwrafh. in
tervenor In a certain cause IN said
Court. No. e61e and styled: ". W. Mills.
et al, vs.. r. 5. Parsons. et al. placed
In my hands for service. I. J. A. GooIs-
by, as Sheriff or Cameron County. Tex
as. did on the 10th day OF January,
1885. Levy on certain Real Estate. sit
uated In Cameron County. Texas. de-
scribed As follows. to-wft: All Of Lot
NO Il. Block No. ~. In the City OF La
Feria. Cameron County. Texas, A. shown
upon the map and plat OF said city.
duly recorded IN the map records Of
Cameron County. Texas. and levied
upon as the property Of r. s. Parsons.
Mrs. Jennie Parsons and I'd Couch and
that on the First Tuesday IN February.
1885. the same being the Sth day OF
said month. at the Court House door on
Cameron County. IN the City OF Browns
Vile. Texas. between the hours Of 10
a. m and 4 p. M. by virtue OF said
levy and said Order OF Sale. I viii sell
said above described Real Estate At
bubble vendue. for cash 20 the HIGHEST
bidder. a. the property Of said n. 3.
Parsons. Mrs. Jennie Parsons and I'd
Couch.
And IN compliance with law. I rive
this noflrn nv uashffrntfon an fha RE-
, 1935-01-21

"A GOOD northern 320 acre WHEAT
and corn farm clear 70 trade for
Valley land also city property in
Oklahoma. What have your Geo.
B. Graf. Shawnee, Okla. Cos