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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN; WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3,1925.
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ssembly I
Iunce Caps Add
To Day’s Gaities
embers Called on for Speeches 'Are Bom-
herded With Paper Missiles—Many New
Lalvs Enacted—Gov. Trumbull to Make
Closing Address
ATE CAPITOL. HARTFORD,
I; e a (AP).——The General Assemb-
session of 1925 will be adjourned
e die late today on this the day
A the constitution as the limit
. ad which it may not go. In
_ plug with custom both branches
1 meet in joint session after an
‘ éerval given over to play and Gov.
or John H. Trumbull will be no-
mad that it is ready to receive any
5nmunication he may care to
' noise. The Governor will appear. ac-
. panied by Secretary of State
an allele A. Pallotti and Sheriff Ed-
‘d W. Dewey, and will read a
e‘rt message which will serve as
ledictory or a. benediction. Mr.
glotti will make a. proclamation
the Sheriff will declare the ses-
to be adlourned yithout date.
5 been a. very busy one for
5 four weeks. For four months'its
5h -eedlngs jogged along in a Isis-
ly way although committees kept
hard grind on a volume of bills
esolutlons which compare with
for many years. There were in-
duced in January upwards of
l " thousand measures. To these
. 0 added in recent weeks scores of
. ‘ raised in committees on matters
' 5 tgested by bills previously board
which the committees did not
to like. Many who have hind.
“parishes in logislativé mat-
are of the opinion that more
were raised in cominittse and
. ed later by both branches than
lany. previous session for a genera-
2- at least.
that the exact vaiumo of new
lie and special acts is will not be
rmined until Governor Trumbull
assed upon the bills which will
9 him in the next week or two.
the aggregate it will probably
ound that about 250 public acts
I 400 special acts have been
pied and to these must be added
es of resolutions making Judic-
land other appointments.
as session closed ,with some dis-
on on the part of members, as
'ustomary. of political aspects for
Jan of 1926. It is expected but
next session will see the. H
chamber built on a level with
present Senate chamberrand the
floor will be given over to
viy constructed committee rooms.
5t is understood that Governor
imbull in his parting words will
t out that the legislature has
" to the principle that the state
I ’st live Within its income. and that
pproprlations made will make
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' W YORK. J uue 3.—The New
1: Clearing House statement is-
today was as follows:
, Clearings. ... “.51. 113. 000. 000
69's ... 125 000.00
to _.. . 101. 000.000
TREASURY BALANCE.
ASHINGTON. June 3. ——United
is Treasury net balance at close
hairless June lot was $262. 438.-
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also s- III-o
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The Weather
may cloudy tonight and Thurs-
lbmfltionsr. “Very little change in
re or temperature has occur- ‘
edit of the Rocky Mountains
‘ the last 24 hours. The maxi-
In temperatures yesterday from
Eéiland eastward to Nebraska
mostly above 90 degrees and
1 places reported as high as 98
see. Scattered showers have oc-
» d in the northern tier of States
.. washington to Maine. and in
Mississippi valley as far as South
I -url..- ,.
auditions for this vicihity: Partly
yp esther and not much change
slurs. .
,. mes-n New York: Partly cloudy
continued warm tonight and
smiley: possibly local thunder-
were in extreme north portion:
crate steady winds.
onunnnns THAT SATISFY ,
Mulligan's Home-Made Crullers.
are uniform. delicious testing
made from the best of material-“s.
up-to-date and sanitary estab-
5 Always cooked with art»
I Always wrapped in waxed pa.-
tare! an over this vicin-
Mulligah
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'Son to Take Oath
From Judge Light
Ali of the City Court officials
will take their oath of office Fri-
day morning at 8:45 o'clock in
the office of Judge John H. Light
in Washington street.
The oath will be administered
by Judge Light, father of Judge-
clect Freeman ight. who will be
among those going into office.
The others to take the oath
will be Judge Nehemiah Candee.
Prosecuting Attorneys Cramer C.
Hegeman and Edwin Lockwood
and Clerk of the Court Richard
H. Ireland.
88, SHE DECIARES
FLAPPERS ARE
ALI. RIGHT
dent o f 'Women’s
Club Compares Her
With Girl of 40’s
“LET ’EM jL’AP”
New Girl Partof Evo-
lution--Are Sane and
Wholesdme—M o r e
- Paint Years Ago
WEST BADEN. Ind.. June 3
(AP).—-Nothing but approval can be
spoken of the "flapper" of today.
Mrs. Lucretia Longshoro Blanken-
burg'bf Philadelphia. honorary vice-
president of the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs. in biennial con-
vention. declared today.
5Mrs. Blankenburg. who observed
her 88th birthday here yesterday.
said that the women of the forties
used more make-up than its girls of
today and even in that time bobbed
hair. which'Iwas the fad. was dis-
couraged.
“The changes that go on are only
a part of evolution, and I have noth-
ing but approval for the coming
young women." she said. “They
call her a flapper. but of the sane
and wholesome way in which she is
'ilapping.’ I've nothing to say but
'let her flap.‘ "
Mrs. Maggie W. Barry of College
Station. Texas. chairman of the coni-
mittee of the American Home. pres-
ented a resolution calling upon the
Bureau of Cen‘sus. of the Department
work with a distinct name and to
list the occupation of a house wife
'in that. column of a. census blank
which inquires into an individual’s
trade or profession.
Late News
PIRATES STEAL RUM SHIP.
ST. PIERRE, Miqnlllon, June 8
(AP).——Tbo French rum schooner
Marie Second. which was seized in
this port yesterday by six British
seam who put to sea with the
cargo of liquor, Ives recaptured at
midnkht by the French trawler Asia
after a battle and is being towed to
St. Piers-I3: A brief message from
the Asia said the schooner suffered
“some damage."
IDENTIFY NEGRO
New York. June BH—(AP) Wil-
liam Brasstleld. negro janitor. was
positively identified toda‘y'as the
nuns seen last Friday morning near
the vacant lot in Brooklyn where
the battered body of Miss norencc
Kane was found half an hour later.
GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE.
Patsy Tracone. arrested in this
city some time ago for breaking into
shoe store in Benton street. was
:mm a. suspended Jail sentence of
two months in the Superior Court in
Bridgeport yesterday and paroled in
the custody of Attorney Daniel
ogh of this city ,who repr
Honorary Vice Presi- ‘
of Commerce. to recognize women's“
ted "
7's 30837 Session Closes?
PRESIDENT ASKS
ALL CITIZENS TO
BE SOLDIERS
Tells Naval Academy
Class in That Way
Only Can Military
Force Be Kept Small
POLICY OF PEACE
Denounces Those Who
’Arouse National
Hatred to Compel Us
To Take Up Arms
ANNAPOLIS. Md, June 3 (AP).
~Reduction of the nation's standing
military forces to a minimum
is predicated upon attention to
military affairs by the average cilia-A
on President Coolidge declared here
today before the graduating class of
the Naval Academy.
While appointing the new officers
as ambassadors of peace a'nd citizen-
ship, the President reminded them
that the first essential of peace and
security is an "‘adequate defense,
(Continued on Page Nine)
HY Y SOCIETY
RODSES IREOF ,
SCHOOL BOARD
Request.“ for Meeting
Room In High School
Turned Down -—— Re-
ligious Issue
'A NEW BODY
Dr. Tracey Pdints Out
Jew Can’t Be Presi-
dent and That Out-
siders Rule Body
The My Y. an organization com-
posed of members 'of the Junior and
Senior classes of the Senior High
school. aroused the ire of the Board
of Education ,iast night.
The organization was denied the
privilege of using a room in the
High school for a meeting placa be-
cause. as Dr. William J. Tracey
brought out. its constitution prevent~
ed a member of Jewish faith from
ever becoming president of the or-
ganization.
A request was made for the use
of a room.
“Before acting upon this request.
I would like to point out that the
constitution of the' Hy-Y injects a
religious issue into the school." said
Dr. Tracey. "I have never heard of
the Hy-Y until a few days ago and
I made a little investigation. I ob-
tained a copy of its constitution."
Dr. Tracey then read extracts from '
the constitution. One paragraph in
the constitution stated the president
of the Hy-Y had to qualify for
membership in the Y. M. C. A. and
also be a. member of an evangelical)
church. *
"We shouldn't have any organiza-‘
tion in the school which seeks to
prevent its members from holding
the highest office within the organi-
zation because of religion." said Dr.
Tracey.
Dr. Tracey said the .adfisory com.
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(Continued on Page NO), V
NEARLY SOLD OUT
Nearly all the tickets for Mario
Chamlee's' concert at the Shore-
haven Golf club Friday evening
have been sold.
This statement was made today by
Mrs. Edmund Brecse, spdneor of the
Concert.
Mrs. Breece said she felt that the
people ,of Norwalk appreciated the .
‘ther. John St. John.
. Louis B. Howell will
Stephen St. John Veteran
Engine Bullde 7? N Is Dead
Was 95 Years Old-‘-Bu5llt Power Plants for
Ultcle Sam’ 5 Fighting Crafts During Civil
War
Stephen St. John. 95 year old vet- A I
erah machine worker. who 'durlng
the civil war fafilioned motive power
for many of Uncle Sam’s fighting
craft. died at the home of his bro~
East Rocks
Road. last night. He had been ill
only. a week.
Mr. St. John was a descendant ‘of
one'of the early family of settlers
in. Norwalk. Fonyears he lived
quietly on Cannon street, just off
Newtown Turnpike. in the house
which his father built when he was
a boy of eight. .on the'slte of the old”
St. John homestead of Colonial
Days. which was set on fire by Try-
on”: troops. but saved from destruc-
tion bye. negro slave. and where
lWed his grandfather. great grand.
fat ‘ r and great. great grandfather.
"m on June 12. 1830. o passed
the first years of his life .0 the old
Mott farm on Beidon avenue. Early
in life. the boy attracted the atten-
tion of his uncle Captain Manson St.
John. who took the lad with him
and apprenticed him in a big ma
chine shop in which the first and
very primit ve types of marine en:
glues were eing experimented upon
and improved. _
In an interview written by Rich-
ard H. Fitch a‘few years back. Mr.
St. John told of the installation of
engines in boats at the time of the
Civil War. '
"No." said as. St. John at into
time. “I didn't put the engine. in the
original Monitor. I was Vorking
tor the Allure Compenwi The big.
goat monitor .1 in '15s
we Pbritsn.“a in m plea
turretted log. I remember an-
other room or. the Lackswsnna that
I put the engine in.“ added Mr. St
John.
Mr. or. John told of taking the
Lackawanna to Fort Monroe and
having the motor break down. He
said the crow learned the Merrimae
had been repaired by the "Reba"
and was coming up the James riv-
er"
“We were all handy with tools."
Mr. St. John was Quoted as saying.
i‘but the manner in which the mad
chine was put together again’ was
caution.”
When the Allaire works closed,
Mr. St. John came back to Norwalk
and secured a position as foreman in
the Norwaik Iron Works which had
been organized ayear before. .He
held this job for so years. . . 5
Mr. St. John built the first so
compressor in co-operation' with the
late Eben Hill. owner of the Nor-
waik Iron Works. - ,
5 The deceased is survived ’by one
brother. John. a man of 81 years. A
daughter. Mrs. Robert Mullings. al-
so survives.
Funeral services will be held from
the late home in East Rocks road
at 4 o‘clock Friddy afternoon. Rev.
oniciate and
Burial will be in the Norwalk ceme-
Glendéning fluid
In Norwalk Wit
Alan Sanford Glendenlng. the 2:5-
month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
aid S. Glendening. today is in the
custody of his mother. the fdrmer
Alicia duPont. stepdaughter of the
Wilmington millionaire.
The little led. the off-spring of a
romihce between the son of a Nor-
walk mail carrier and the wealthy:
society debutante. was taken by’ his
father from the home of its grand-‘
mother. Mrs. Percy Glende'nlng of
1 Cannon street. to New York city
the end of last week and turned over.
. to the mother. as required by court
II or last week.
order.
The baby was taken care of for
several weeks by the grandmother.
until Mrs. Harold Glendeniug se-
cured a. habeas cdrpusx writ from
Judge Arthur F. Ella. in the super-I
icr Court, at Bridgeport. 5 i
efforts of the Womens Board of the ' '
Norwalir Hospital..' for the benefit
of which the concert is being staged
and‘also appreciated the generous
spirit of Mr. Cbamlee in donating
his services for the affair.
5 "cannon "snafu. comm.
The cast column of the English
Church Army will arrive in Norwalk
at noon tomorrow.
The column will march on foot
from Stamford and upon its arrival
will go to Grace church. where the
service of welcome will be old. 55
The column will
. 6
Dan
New
will D operated ov'ero
Sunday. June It. accord
peial information rice!
The Evening Sentinel. 1*
The ‘New York stoop e
CARRIAGE MAN
DIES, ACI 76
In‘Busiuesé Here Fifty
Years -— First Place
In Railroad Avenue
Destroyed By Fire‘
MOVED TO N MAIN
Came to Norwalk With
Bride-Born in Eng—
land—~Actlve in
Music Circles
After titty year-s of success in the
auto and carriage business. in this
elm Maury Tllley passed away at
his home on Rock Ridge road. yes-
terday methods. at the Ids of Is
years. ._
Mr. Tilly. who was born in Enig-
ed to m the coaches try
his luck in the new country. 1510
finally ended up in Jamaica. Long
island. where he learned his trade.
walk. bringing with him his young
wife. Atetliat time he opened up a.
small shop on railroad avenue. rev
riages.
Three years later. a fire which
sWept away most of .the small
houses and placesof busiuen Ion
Railroad avenue. completely demol-
ished the Tilly shop. with the result
that Mr. Tilly opened a. new place'
on North Main street. .
From that time, forty-seven years
ago.) until today. business has in-
creased steadily. With the advent
of the‘ automobile. Mr. Tilly trans-
ferred his activities from the car-
riage to the automobile. 5 and con-
fined his work mostly to the paint-
ing and rdpairing of automobiles
and the making of auto tops.
Mr. .Tllly was not only well
known in this city. but he was also
well liked. .He was a member of
the Royal Arcanum. of’the Macca-
bees. and a mason
Back in the time when Mr.
Helnio's band was so popular in
. (Continued on Page Two.)
Is No bug or
IMoiIIer inIN. Y.
‘ The court ordered the child' re-
stored to its mother with the under-
standing the father could vislt him
two “leeks this fall and two months
in the spring.
After June lst.1926, the father.
according to the court order. will
have the privilege of having the
child with him four months each
year.
At the Cannon street home. it was
Said. Mrs. Percy Glendening was ill
in bed and had been ill for the past
week. The illness, however. is not
of a serious nature. It was stated
Mr. Glendening had visited his moth-
When tho news of the separation
in the Glendening family reached
Nor-walk it was recetved with sur-
prism No reason for the sophotion
sane... given by either I! the cou-
gins fabric by" a
brunch ”d. however. i! prac-
tieally completed. electric en-
Fifty years m be came to Nor-.
LOCATE NADIN
IN DARIEN IS
BROUGHT HOME
N orwalk Hatter Disap-
pearedm Week Ago
e—Belleve He Is Vic-
tim of Amnesia
CANNOT EXPLAIN
Found Wandering
Along Road Con-
st‘able McGuinness
Brings Him Back I
William H. Nadia of lWooabuny
avenue is back home.
Nadin a batter. disappeared a
week ago today and was not seen
sgainuntll this morning. when he
was discovered dandering along
stable McGurnness. 5 v, « ‘
the Borg Co hat pfint in Belderi
avenue. He well next seen in front
of Tripp's lunch wagon. Washington
street .and then he vanished.
This morning Edt’vard Splan. sales, '
man for the Gulf Refining Co was
passing through Darien and noticed
Nadia walking tirelessly along“ the
road. Hrnotifiod the police? Con»
stable McGuinness went in search of
him and found hlm on Mansfield
5 be to s. stupor when
_ Brblldbt to his borne by
its Modulation. he did not recog.
nice the street or his house.
He could site no reason for his
disappearance.
pairing, building and painting car- .
Services Tomorrow to
Be Simple As Wished
By Wife of Former
Vice President
.IINDIANAPOLIS. 1nd. June 3.—
(AP). Indiana today sorrowfully
awaited the arrival of the body of
Thomas Riley Marshall. wartime
vice president of the United States
and previous to this governor of
Indiana.
The body of Mr. Marshall who
died in the New Willard Hotel at
Washington where he made his
home for eight years while he serv-
ed. his country .was on a train due
at the Hoosier capital shortly be-
fore noon today and plans called for
the re'moval to the Marshall resi-
dence in North Illinois stre‘et.
.Tomorrow a simple service will
the Scottish Rite of Indiana and the
Indiana council of deliberation of
which Mr. Marshall was an officer
and at Crown Hill cemetery, where
ilm body will be placed in a receiv-
ing vault until Mrs. Marshall decides
on its linalrestlng place. the Land-
mark lodge F. and A. M. will hold'
their services.
Mrs. Marshall’s wish for simple
serdices will be granted and the pro-
posal to hold a. state funeral and
for the body to lie {in state in the
rotunda of the state capitol have
been discarded and instead the
state house. fedbrai building and
city building: will be closed during
the funeral service both at the home
and cemetery.
While final arrangements for in-
terment of the body it not been
made it we; believed the dy would
be placed in the mausoleum don-
structed under the supervision of
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall at‘gbdarion.
Indiana. where the body of Mr. Marl-
shall's father. mother. and foster
son. are new at rest.
‘ .
m DEAL. .
A contraot‘svas given yesterday at
Freeb’s Agencyby Eugene..l. Van
Nose to”Geo’i-¢5¢ ‘Psvlllr - and Anne
Paviilr fora. house and lot on Clin-
ton‘avenue. South Norwalk.
GETS HIS DEGREE.
‘4
S. Both of 50 Spring street... has ar-
’ rived home. after receiving his de-
5 gree in Civil Engineering at the Uni-
«fifty of Alabama. He is a grad-
‘ SIS. of the Nowell: Kipp schoo
dill! “.159
Mansfield avenue. Darlen. by Con-
‘ Wallingford.
be held at the' Marshall home by "
Eugene Roth. son of Mr. and Mrs. .
British Rush More
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n to
v
o
Marines to Shangha
Police Shoot Down More RiotersmMarkets
Close and Make Food Scarce—~Strike Exa-
tending -—- Americans Guarding Water“
Supply—Situation Serious
Driver of Auto
' Hearse Arrested
While driving an automobile
hearse, George J. Hutherington
'of 55 Astor place. Jersey City,‘ N.
J.. was arrested at 6 o'clock last
night at Wall street and st
avenue. for reckless driving. nd
violation of the rules of the road.
by Motorcycle Patrolman Charles
L. Thorpe.
The hearse was owned by the
Routing Company. Inc. also 01.5
Jersey City. Hutherlngton was
released in a bond of $50 to ap-
pfir for a hearing in the uptown
Cityscourt on Muddy. June 8_.
He left home to go to work ill '.'_
Board of Education.
Votes on Can of
New Superinten out
HIS SALARY
Stated Tentatively -—-'
Cuneo Asked f o r
Opihion—Other
School News 5
The contract of the new superi -
ieddent of schools, John -Lun"d f
will run for . three
yeais.
This was voted by the Board of
Education in executive session at its
regular meeting held last night in
the Senior High school.
This action followed the receipt of
an opinion tram Corporation Coun-
sel John Cuneo. saying the board had
such power under the City Charter.
The board temporarily fixed the
salary of Superintendent Lund for
the first year at $5,500; .the second.
56.000. and the third. $6.500. Mem-
bers of the board were undecided
whether or not it had the power to
fix salaries in advance. and decided
to consult Corporation Counsel Cu-
neo.
Regarding the appointment of Mr
Lund. Miss Mary G. Rider. secretary.
read a letter from a. friend. which
congratulated the board upon the
appointment. and said Mr. Lund was
one of the best school superintend-
ents in the State, it not in New Eng-
" land
A letter. pointing out that an ad-
diltonal teacher in Spanish and his-
tory, aud’one in the commercial de-
partment were needed. was received
from Principal Philip A. Jakob of
eHigh school. Mr. Jakob said he
transferred Stephen Clifford to
the nlathematic classes to succeed
Miss Lamont With Superintendent
Buchanan's permission. The letter
was referred to the teachers' com-
mittee.
A letter from Miss Margaret B.
....,..._I__—
(Continued on Page Two.)
BOARDOFFIRE
CONTROE MEETS.
There will be a meeting of the
Board of Fire Control in the Central
Fire. station tomorrow evening. 5
Business pertaining to affairs in’
the local department will be brou‘t'
up at this time.
A llnal report in the cases of the
eight members of the Putnam Hose
Company. who faced the Board
sometime ago on chargesrof gambl-
ing in the company'squarters.‘ will
come up for final disposition. .
'If the company‘and its members
have li\\l up to the agreement
made. between them and the Fire
Board the matter will be dropped.
it is understood. -
" A BOY!
An eight pound son was born to
Gawain and Mrs. Edmund F. lat-secs
and place at the Nor-wall: .
SHANGHAI. June 3 (AP) poo
perticial appearances indicate th‘
complete willingness of all data
units. called out as a result of tho
demonstrations Elf students who
protesting against the prosecuti
strikers in the Japanese splnnmcg
mills. to shoot to kill on every Nil 5
ful occasion. This is serving as
effective deterrent of further In
outbreaks and the situation In
morning is decidedly easier. altho
admittedly exceedingly grave.
The closing of the markets
Iating a. serious food problem. witli
prices? mounting. but shops are gen-g
orally open and doing business. Al.
though keeping the fronts boarded
up.
Numerous sporadic outbreaksw
reported during the morning. 5
attack was made on a Japanese led
factory in Lay road, whi
along Yangtze-Poo Creek. the 5
meat. The police fired into i
crowd. killing one and woun
one. after which the mob dispersildh
Another mob attacked the strpdil
cars near Thorborn road. in ‘tllb
same district. and was disperse
the police. who. in this .
their night sticks. One was kl
and many received minor muffin.
Wharf coolies armed with be.
car‘rying’s ice and other was.
also crea ed. some disturbanc
the eastern district. whenth It
tempted to. interrupt the str'
traffic.I There was another
up in the Kashing road. but thld
was not serious.
A partial walkout of the Working
at the Riverside power station Ill
plemented the strike of 100 men at
the Fearon power station. but
services were maintained.
The newspapers arealso threatens
ed with a strike of printers. 5
Up to noon little was seen of st .7
dent gatherings in the foreign ‘ss'
tlements. but numerous meetings". 5.
Chinese territory may develop trod
ble.
Propagandists are making special,
efforts to foment strikes in hate
boarding houses and private rem
dances.
American sellers are guarding th
reservoirs. ensuring a. continuancgod
the water service. which may. had;
ever. be interrupted. as several in
factual. attempts have been made.
tear up thewater mains. The d
fense units are .erecting sand beg
(Continued Sn Page Elwoo‘
The eubscrlption for the City Play _
grounds has been increased colloid-l
crable during the past week. ”the
Playgrounds Committee announced
this morning. Those who have con
tributed recently follow:
Norwalk Coal and Supply Come
pally. Robert (3. Mitchell. H. Krief
ger and Company. Norwalk Dairli
Company. Charles E. Miller. John T
Hayes. Anna Curtis. Miss P. Beard.
Edward Beard. Connecticut
Works. Mueller Gloria Milk.’
Fitch. Adelia DrBrockway. J.
Dibble and Taylor and Cuneo.
MERRI‘I'I‘, KIWANIS SP
Congressman Schuyler Merri
Stamford will be the speaks
Kiwanis luncheon tomorrow noo
theno'yal James Inn. ‘I-Iejh
yet announced his topic.
—Dlnd'fys.nd ‘dsncogatN the Chi
Tavern. Port Chennai?
pro orehest’ra every AV 0
8 0 pun. o 1:00 a. III. II W
P0“ m _“'e: ‘ I
* _ —-GOOD. CLEAN 00m. 5
and of fine quality—~Llfred Bro
Merritt street. be: it. and now is ,~
flip» or rear to: put it III. while
supply is adequate. As said bet
trouble in‘ the anthracite field
4mm Ibsen... com!»
I: a local institutl prod
Norwalk Chronicler