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. ecticut Department’si ters ilnvestigation Made of: Two
_ tal Gross Expenditures: Charged with dammed extortion; Different Collismns Last
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r the Fiscal Year End-irimothy J. Dowling of Bridgeporfit; and;
o ! Robert. McMahon, former y o tam-.
SEptember ”0 were; ford. are locked up in Fairfield county
9,306 .jail on North avenue awaiting trial
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1’ Presented Serious Dilficul:
Fairfield County NatiOnal‘
ties—Outside Work for
Polls 3 Reco' rd Vote and
Prisoners Praised—Need
For New Site and Build-
Retains Old Board? of Di-
rectors
ings For State Prison
The advance report of the State
Board of Charities for two years end-
ed Sept. 30, 1918. has just been pre-
sented to the Governor and will be
ready for distribution to the General
' . t lieve they have captured a pair of the
. "IRE PEST l most dangerous criminals in the coun-
" ,try. They believe that Howling was.
—’-‘ lactively interested in German bomb,
plots, especially the one in which thef
' , iblowinr,r up of the S/covllle Mainline:
‘ ' 'turing Company's plant in “'atcrbui‘y
. I l Was mentioned. He is also allI-grd to
' . . . have been active in the plot. on the
co Crossmg Ehmlnated, \‘t’elland canal near Buffalo and the.
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d Dangerous Trunk . harms tunnel at loIt. Huion, Mich. !
vine Conditions Improved;
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Five Dead and Others Hurtl
When Trolley Car Jumps’
Track at London, Ohio
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. ll.-—-A triplex
investigation is under way to fix the
responsibility for the wreck at Fort
Washington. last night. in which elov-
en persons were killed and eighteen
injured. '
., ll’Fi-‘(llil1_ (mm, Jan. 14.«~High'
ot lllulvi‘lltls an-l inurcascd wages
. dominating factors in highway
rur-tion the past. year. The re}
FflR MESS RuflnNERi The Scranton Flyer crashed into
4 'thc roar ond of the Doylostown local,‘»
gas compared with standards ol'
us years \\'t‘l‘t‘ not cntircly sat-A
X)\l‘ii‘(uii‘1”i:\\:; itrfdiiiiiiii1::ii»xiiii? -__._..__.. gfitfl’t’llleCll miles from Philadelphia. =
J nmms‘i' ‘ placed in m“ . ‘ ; )T'hc-cncineu‘ian"of the express, pas-I,
()l' {linui'ilnl' Holcomb. lO'dily. . Elaborate Ceremony ‘Vhen :félliz: :egefgdgl‘lH;3nthg)?lbatltpi; danger"
“$11):le llH- P‘opular South NOl’W'alk. niodalioii. Tllt' Ilocal was stadgfigrgi
(ill‘l BCCOI’IIES the Bride Of about three-quarters 01 a mile east of
hymn ronslrriclinn and iu'iinteu- . l‘ " ‘ " '
. _ .. . ‘ . ‘ . . . 'ort “ushmgton station. A brakem E
lll(ie‘;t.~'ml lilH“ to tremendous Sergeant William [{(lth :was posted one hundred yards 03::
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in cost o.‘ Iimivi'it'l and labor." hind th ' '
. ‘ . _ . 6 local as a furthe l
.p- .mul gross (NDF‘lldilUl't'S tor tho (mo of the most elaborate affairs in r precaution,
it'tciw zit-c in chm-king up credits. on the B Roodnor daughter of Mr and - ' -
. . ..‘ .. . ‘. . .. . . . JillPd were in this car. '
. t'tllllzliltrlil‘l? books the real in; Mrs. Hill Roodncr, 01‘ 106 Cedar; Hot coals from the; engine’s fireboxi
w \‘I'Ul'tl $.._486,982. ' street. and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Sam- set fire to the splintered woodwork of?
”we” :son . of .Vir. and . Mrs. Charles-Roth, victims. penned in debris, were res-*
i ‘ oi .\cw \ork City. The ceremony cucd with difficulty. I
i has pcri'orn‘h-d in _tho. home of the Escaping steam added to the suffer-
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. The bride was charmingly attired of tho inquiries into the cause of the
. '" a 3'0““ 01' white satin. trimmed wroCk. Alroadv thcv have quiz7cd
* , With sold 1119‘“ 311d WON: a wreath 0‘ ti‘aiumon. The second investigation is
.Thc bride was WIT popular '4"ng l). Doliony, of the Pennsylvania Pub-i
,1”. Turn BdCli : Roads on; .\oi'\vallis Youiiici;social set. in“ Service Commission. ‘
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June all—«zlacks Five 1 car i
ontrol—llata Prepared:
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t rontvrence with lllv regional di- ' ’ _ '
oi'.tl'tl 'I' '."J‘ '1'; l‘ . - ' ' 1 . ‘
lipid ' tliewplolliIi-i‘t-S fiwliizhmili‘lyl ”l1: V Clyde SteamShlp I’l'om Ne“ 1 ibsenglegrq me Dlsabledl
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YOIk Is Sunk on the Ba-i , . P "‘3 "‘3 Tran“ ,
. . 0 .shipped
lil5>lhlitnls tlu- alternate course (ht-Y hamas ’ ‘
”Hill Administration is to pursuc' “#"— . NEW YORK l' — ' 0'
iw mom ot‘ continuance of the pre- TI'HK’S ISLAND Bahamas Jan. “- been on short ratighgirm‘ii‘giuiaiigl
this control bct'oro- 0hr twenty-(Inc for New York was wrecked on Mou- sons arrived her ‘
‘ . . _ _ . _ . . . e ste' ',
,nhs lumi cxpircs. (’llOll‘ Rank on Friday. She sank In Janpim Brazil. Ityfooklgg-iyjzgndgg
tlw event the lane;- course is do- ' (1991) Winter. The captain and part 0‘ and three steanishlps to land thcym-
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cr the (cirruiiis‘tnnccs the plans pi‘o- lWO lal)(l1’(‘l‘5 had landed from rafts 01 ' '
_ . . ‘ , ' l the Leo oldma, f me v -'
a ll is understood for return of thc _ The third mate one clerk and “V9 1‘" bui'g-Aniorildan Lincleluirlchetiiieilviiilc‘h
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.hH‘ 15 ““0 19” the Yuna. ”1 anOthQrihad been interned by the Brazilians,
Llal‘l are searching for the missing . it took the ship twenty days to reach
0:1“l~ . . . Martinique. There the voyagers were:
to steamer luna measured 1.414 sent on another steamship to San>
lei‘t NNV York on December 18. The . - ‘
laborers wrrf‘ used to load sugar at mo. “MW“ 5
,Santo Domingo and were returning to . .
,Missmg Young Man ‘
at year ending September 30. llll' history of Norwalk manifested i1- through the wooden coach at the rear'
-——- 1109i Roodncr. of Flax Hill Road. waszthe passenger car. Wind fanned the?
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hiido's parents. the Roy. S. Kosslcr of , ing of the victims. i
> i taw' lilics ot' the \‘all(‘.\' IlllzlclIPd '0 3 white in chargc oi‘ Coroner Neville of Mont-:
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or Senate in Support of ,
'Ici‘idoo.‘s Recommendm'
'ASHING’I‘ON Jan. 1." rhiwctor
owl by his administration. It. ‘is
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. . ontiol (u should the,-~-Tlli~ Allltllcdn steaniei luna With a aboard a German steamship Which
11“..“ 11mm by the pwsidem, as ser- the crew landed here in a boat yester- here.
(1)0?” arc miSSing- crippled by her German crew and re-
‘ tons and “‘1‘5 owned by the Clyde Juan, P. R.. where thev were trans“
SHING’I‘ON, Jan. 14.—»—Renewing:mm “mm" ”H ”mm” ismnd' . . ‘
Found in BranchVIlle
.. $:;,.‘.0:9,::hl:. although by reason of st‘ll' Sunday evening, when Miss ller- of the local. All of the killed and in-.
{Continued on Page Five.) united in marriage to “William Roth, flames into a fierce blaze, and the
II Reading officials arc directing: one
“rect‘n- Ready to Operaté ; veil. igoinei‘y. The third is directed by John.l
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l"l.ii ot' Railroads Hines livid his, }
s-rsmmi Mi: Hines outlined with‘
sixlo-nl determine it is necessary to Calf—{0 0f SUEHI‘ from Santo Domingo broke down at sea, twenty~two per-
. the host mnwestfi of the country day aftr‘r the second mate and eighty-L The party left Rio Janeiro. Nov. 8,;
i Tllt‘fitt'flillt‘l‘ Anna and three local paired. The engines broke down. and!
Steamship Company of New York. She ferred to the United Fruit Liner C03...
8 in the Senate today on the pro«‘
Henry Saasee, of \Vest Cedar street,
who disappeared from his home on.
Sunday morning, was found Sunday af-l
ME AFE.ternoon in Branchville and brought:
back to his home in this. city. The;
; young man, who is subject to 'freq‘nent I
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for a it‘llgllf‘ of nations, Senator ‘ l
roth. of Colorado. Dcmocrat. urg- i
immediate formation of such a i
gue and criticised those who haw-i
ocatchpostponcment ot‘ consider-a~ 1'
of this question by the" Peace con-.
at- ’
.I’Imml' Slml‘l‘mll particularly _ lepileptic fits left his home at 10'30l
k-«l .llH' rcsoltnion of Senator , Corporal Jami-s J. Lynch. of Smith Sunday morning to attend the servicesl
m. ot l’t'ltl‘lbyh‘flllla, Republican, Norwalk, arrived from France the lat-
. at the Christian Scientist Church, on'
. . 191‘ liar! 01 last, week. and is in the West avenue, and disappeared entire-i
nnmttw. “inch proposes that. ac- best of health. ly ' '
H hi’ llw- l’lsiice Congress be defer, Corporal Lynch Went away from So.
1 léfoi-walk last May. and Went to lamp
'ThI-i-u at;- two \\'&_t_\'.‘ of defeating ['pton: from there Lynch went to
r plan for u lcnguc of nations," the (‘amp Stuart, Virginia; from there to
xvficton- the Foreign Rclations
Upon his return it was learned that
instead of going to the church he
started towards Danbury and had
walked as far‘as .Branchville, when he
‘35”“1‘ NICK “first. by opening,r op- Camp Johnson, Jacksonville. Florida. became exhausted. He arrived in
-:n .1 and voting against it: and, sec- ill: stayed in Florida about three Branchville on Sunday afternoon and
“sucks and sailed for France with the
41th Motor Supply Company, and
lb“ a'tcmion of the world landed in Brest, France, the latter part
3:, n thew may exist divisions June. Corporal Lynch has seen active
" '5 rlnnvs among nations which service in France and was one of the
'I"=‘r'r»_\ on, chance of etl‘ecting fortunate ones to come home safe.
”" i"- l“ "M’- judgmem. it) While Corporal Lynch was in France
" fin ll» Kllcnx’ l‘n'SOlllllUll propoa- he only saw one lad from South N01"
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2; h} ivufitiinllll‘: its consideration to
. . 'was noticed by one of the men from
I'lrs- v-lwn other subjects are en-
Life's farm who took him in hand and
had him moved to the farm, where he
was treated. They cared for him at
this place until yesterday afternoon.
when Mr. Moore, of the Farm. secur-
ed an auto and brought the young man
back to his home in this city.
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;special meeting of the Board of Esti-i - ,
mate and Taxation whereby sums of i EET
money were appropriated from the un—i
Lday passed thereaolution adopted last
_ ‘ iAssembly shortly. The complete re-
' ' Q ,port will be published about a month
. L ilater and will contain information in
- - , . iregard to all of the institutions that
.come under the board’s supervision.
RE_EI‘ECT BUARDSl together with statistics.
5 The report shows that 184 institu-
» - - itions are maintained in the State for
. lthe care of delinquent, defective and
' ,’dependent persons, and that, approxi—
Regldar Meetlngs and Elec imately 67 of them that it. all except
tion 0f Officers This After-g town and city almshouses and private
noon l
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This is the second Tuesday in Jan-‘
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nary, and the date on which all Na-1 i
tional Banks throughout the countryi B
are required by law to hold their an-l ' .
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Cloudy Tonight and Wednesday
RUSSIA MAY BE REPRESENTED
M "if. flll8l EORMAE PEACE
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CONEERENCE l0 BE HELD 800N' A V
Delegations Ready to Devote Twelve Hours Daily if
Necessary toa Discussion of the Proposed League of
Nations, Which Will Be the First Question Con-
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Dr. Karl Liebknecht Is Reported to Have Fled From
Berlin to [BiDSiC’ and Others Go to Denmark
bc'known today that it had been
planned for tho. «enforces to de-
vote tchVe hours daily to this
PARIS, Jan. lie-Russia may
represented, together with all the
other nations that were engaged
nual meetings for the election of a -
board of directors, and other business; IN BUENBS AIRFS
as specified in the call. i
In Nor-walk, as in other Connecticutf 1 i
cities, the Trust companies also hold', 5
their annual elccrions on the same - - l
day. which has made this morning a‘ DlSturbanceS continue and:
busy one for those men who are lead-i the Strike 18 Spreading:
era in the financial world at botb‘ ‘
ends of the town. 5 Despite Arrests of Bolshe-E
Viki Leaders
In view of the circular letters sent:
BUBNOS AlRES. Monday, Jan. Iii—.2
out by the Bored of Directors of the1
Fairfield County National Bank, and:
Th“ engine 0f ”‘9 PXDTP-SS ripved‘by Messrs. McMulien. Mayehotr andzmsturbances continued all day despite;This will. be held tomorrow
Brooks. regarding a chance in the the fact that eight hundred of thel
personnel of the board of directors of . Bolshevist ringleader-s were under am}
the Fairfield Counfy National. Some-irest. Policemen, soldiers and Otreet*
thing in the way of a contest. was nab ' cars were fired ‘on from ”roofs and;
« -windows. Street car service was aban-l
plotted at mightfall.
The railway strike seems to be;
,spreadlng from Gm'ernmcnt-ownedl
‘ :routes to private lines where the em-1
{ployes are refusing to work unlessi
.glven armed protection.
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gers on another fast train on this:
trend took charge when the crew quiti
\Vill Pay the Bills Authoriz-iwork-
-.- , The harbor still is paralyzed. many
ed by the Board Of F'J'Zships merely calling here and going
mate From Unexpended on to other ports, . _ .
v“ ‘ f At Rosario the Situation Is said to
L oney the more serious and the Fifth Cavalm
:ry has been sent there. ‘
The special session of the City} An indication of what may be done;
Council which was held last evening with the Bolshevists under arrest was.
was very quiet and last but it gained from General Dellepaine’s'
short time. All members 0f the coun- , headquarters today. It is said that he,
cil. With the exception of Albert T.fwas overhead to say that “the Bol-f
Eldridge,
Mayor Jeremiah Donovan, City Clerk Eshuaia" a prison on an isolated
lrving I). Robertson and Corpomtion land at the extreme southern end of
Counsel Edward J. Quinlan. the continent.
All of the resolutions passed at the; ‘
were present, as well as shevjsts can organize their soviet ati
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appropriated revenues of the city to:
the credit of several of the city de~l
partments to pay for bills contracted:
by the department, were brought lie-f
fore the council and the actions of the ,
the Board of Estimate were ratified. l 9 '
' i Mrs. Lebaudy s Counsel Says
: Husband Had Menaced
FORM Ell REPUBEIEAN ‘ £533 33.1.5.3: 33:21...
let's determination to protect. her 15-
’ . lyear-old daughter from an “insane” t'ao
ither was declared here yesterday by
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counsel‘for Mrs. Jacques Lebaudy.
now in jail, to be the reason she kill-
ed her husband. the millionaire “em-
peror of Sahara" in their home at
YVestbury, L. I., last Saturday night.
The lawyer, Harry W. Moore. said
Mrs. Lebaudy had told him that her
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.——George R.
Sheldon, financier and former treasur-
er of the Republican National Com-
mittee,_ died today, at Carbondale, 111.,
of injuries received in a mine accident
iecently‘ near that city.
'ord of his death was received at
his office in this city, of which he was
a life-long resident.
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Indiana and Illinois
Ratify Prohibition
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 14.-—1ndiana
ratified the Prohibition amendment to
the Federal Constitution today. Fol- which early today gutted the business
lowing the action of the State Senate block on Main street, housing the
yesterday, in approving the amend-:George E. Nothnagle and Son Furni-
ment, the House today look similar ture Store and W'arehouse; the S. B.
action, by a vote of 87 to 11. Thinz's Shoe Store: Vl'issmangfis Rub-
SPRINGFIELD, “1., Jan. 14.——By a 5 her Goods Store; John Rock, Florist;
vote, of 84 to 66, the 'lllinois House of ' the Up to Date 'Waist Slbie, a nine
Representatives today ratified the fe'l— family apartment house, and the Or-
eral prohibition amendment. The Son i'ental Rug Shop, where the fire start-
nte passed th resolution last week. ed.
. North Carolina Also The firemen were hampered by
RALEIGH, N. 0., Jan. 14.—North smoke and searchlights were used to
Cardiina has ratifid the Federal Pro« penetrate the volume.
hibition amendment. The House to~ Tenants in the apartment house
were ordered out, as it was feared the
timated at $200,000 wascaused by fire
The limited;
iexpress train over the Central Argen-
itina to Rosario was derailed at Cam-
ipana. Army omcers who were passen-
BRIDGEPORT, Jan. 14.——~Damage es‘ '
work it‘ necessary, until it is on the
way to completion.
Marshal Foch, the Allied com—
mander in chief, today is on the
way to his headquarters at
Trcvcs, to incct thc
gates and lay down terms for the
extension of the armistice. The
terms providc for the turning
over of thc (icrman coinmcrcml
fleet. to transport troops, in ca.
change for food: for the restitu-
tion of material. taken from
Franco and Belgium, and for full
compliance with the terms of the
in the war against Germany. at
the first formal int-cling of thc
Peace Conference. \ththcr lins-
sia withavc proscnt at that time
a delegation of prominent Rus—
sians. irrcspcctivc of party. or
other spokcsiiicii. if any. probably
will be decided at the next lllt‘t'i-
ing preliminary to the Congress.
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cause of the opcninir of the ses»
sion of the French Parliament to-
day.
The first question to conic up
before the actual l’eacc Confer—
ence will hc that of the proposcdl
league of nations.and it was madc]
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AfiAiNLSLHE SAYSiBoard of Education of as
During the Year
“Hideous but Necessary Ex-
perience,” Suffrage Leader
Says on Release
i HARTFORD. Jan. 14.—-—During the
Ifiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1918, the
" Board of Education of the Blind has.
,sixity- two blind children and adults
VVASHING'I‘ON. l). C., Jan. 1.4.“ l under its supervision at the three dc.
Mrs. Toscan Bennett. of Hartford, was _ partments of the Connecticut. Institute
released from the Washington jail this i for the Blind in this state, and in ad»
morning, her five days‘ sentence for ' dition eight young people were in at.
lighting a bonfire in front of the tendance from Connecticut at the Per—
W'hite House on which the woman suf- ' kins Institute and 1188330111138“!
fragists burned the President's speech: .School for the Blind at, Watertown,
es, having expired. ,Massw says the Board in its annual re-
Mrs. Bennett was sent to jail Thum- . port to the Governor.
day. In counting the time or sentence1
the date of imprisonment and the dayly
of release are included. so that Mrs E
Bennett‘s time was up today. i
W'hen released she was very Weak:
from the hunger strike she had main- ;
tained during her imprisonment and;
was taken at once to the headquarters ‘
of National Woman's party, where she ;
was given medical attention at once;
and put to bed for rest and nourish-':
ment. . .
- l NEW HAVEN Jan. 14.—A site for
Spam??? 5:: 3:5:312'2; in jail new state prison has been selected by
sh; said to the .corres'pondém: a“ the special commission appointed by
was a hideous experience but if it is gtézstege?g§:h igsggliiyuapngkgim:
necessary for women to undergo such of rou ypof buildings 10 house the
things at the hands of the government rigogersl The report 0" the 00mm“-
and I believe it is necessary. unless Eton will'go to Governor Holcomb to.
glfulaiiuigigggil; g]: Eggin‘ptly passed, 1 day. It asks for the appropriation of
“My message to Senator McLean is '31m’oggggg 5:31;}‘2‘51 Sizer; if: Ideem‘
3,? ‘21:: {211.8 3:“:31111]ggsstnmgggfii ed to have outlived i‘tisfusef'nlifi’ss. 30
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end 0... struggle- If he woqu. spend ilep‘ifii‘i‘libfifiiffir. Jf‘iiamm, 0..
one night in Jail he would realme the-not accepted as, while well—located
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AMERICA WILL GET
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. 'BOLSHEVIKI ARE
BIG GERMAN LINERSi KEEPING QUIET HERE
PARIS, Sunday. Jan. 14.~American
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and British representatives will hold! WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.——Bolsh,evi-
a conference with German admiralty ki agitation in the United State:
authorities at. Trcves on Wednesday shows, no promise of reaching a stage
for the purpose of acquiring posses- of open disorder, according to Depart-
sion‘oi‘ German and Austrian passen- ment of Justice officials who have
gcr ships for the transportation of been observing the movement. So for
troops, the movement, evidently mainly in
It is proposed that America give New York, is economic rather than po-
Austria and Germany food in return litlcal in nature. they declare, and or-
for the ships. It is planned that the gunners have kept well within the
law.
Department of Justice olficials have
adopted the attitude that the Bolsho~
vist movement is not a subject for
government action unless federal law;
British will get small ships for the re-
turn of troops to Australia and Cana
da, while America will have the big
boats, which will include virtually all
the Hambuggthmericah liners. includ-
Friday by the Senate. entire block woald m—.Mstroye¢
e.
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are broken. .
ing theimpemtor.
(iv rman Ilcle- .
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