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Tho Pan Alley turns cut 25,000
Bongs a year.. And tho public still
thrilto to Stephen Foster'3 melodies.
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Vision vras lacking, in that no
body foresaw that the first thirteen
year3 cf the dry law would bo the
wettest.
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Mr. Roosevelt, so tho new3 dis
patches say, has put on a poker face.
Getting ready to give U3 that new
deal, no doubt.
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"Class to Present 'The Fcol,' " a
headline says, and the Sedalia (Mo.)
Capital adds that most classes can
present several.
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Another thing that would help the
breweries, would be for eongre33 to
step drawing beer bills and let the
breweries draw beer.
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There's a let to be said for re
nouncing war as an instrument of
rational policy, but it makes it tough
explaining to Junior the "Spirit ct
76."
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No matter how many women a man
r.iay care for, he can forget any cf
them. The woman he can't forget
is the one who demonstrates her per
fect ability to forget him.
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Showing how retrenchment may
be accomplished when the will i3
fclror.g. a certain George Berry was
elected third, fourth and fifth vice
president cf a bank in Oklahoma
City last week.
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Adolf Hitler has attained hi3 boy
hood ambition of being chancellor of
Germany, and doubtless fcel3 as se
cure today .as if he had just been, ap?
pointed,liad-eoacc aa; .American
football , college. ,
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By some mischance that commit
tee on .social trends seem3 to have
overlooked the latest developments in
contract bridge, a fact which will dis
count tho value of its report for
many studious citizens.
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Siara has balanced tho national
budget by removing several hundred
princes from the government payroll.
It wa3 cither the princes or the royal
white elephants, and the government
had a real investment in the ele
phants. :o:
Eobby Jones re-fused to teach his
wife to play golf, and turned her over
to a professional, on the ground that
husbands do not make good teachers
for their wives. That explains a
L'ocd deal of Mr. Jones's success; he
learns from experience. lie probably
taught his wife to drive a car some
years ago.
Fifty and Fit
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A MAN is as old or as young
as his organs.
At fifty, you can be in your
prime.
Why go along with "fairly good
health" when you might be enjoying
vigor you haven't felt for years? .
There's a simple little thing any
one can do to keep the vital organs
stimulated, and feel fit all the time.
People don't realize how sluggish
they've grown until they've tried it.
The stimulant that will stir your
system to new life is Dr. Caldwell's
syrup pepsin. It will make a most
amazing -difference in mono, POtf-
This famous doctor's prescription
is a delicious syrup made with fresh
herbs, active sena?. and pure pep
sin. It starts its &ood work with the
The fellow who tells you that he
runs things at his house probably is
referring to the furnace or the heat
ing stove.
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It's lovely to live in a small town
with the blue sky overhead. It
would bo lovelier if tho blue sky
was the only overhead.
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"Congress Iiatli no filibuster like
that of the corresponding secretary
of a woman's club on a 4-party line,"
says the Detroit News.
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Style experts are going back to
the Gay Nineties for some of next
summer's millinery styles. Fine.
What this country needs most is
Lome Gay Thirties.
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THE BIG POKER GAME
When the British chancellor of
the exchequer announced that Brit
ain does not consider the approach
ing debt discussions as "a great
swapping deal," he really implied
that he was building up the British
end of the swap.
In almost the Game breath he told
the correspondents that hi3 country
placed a high value on its return to
the gold standard and placed debt
settlements among the conditions
that rnut precede such a return. The
chancellor, who corresponds to the
secretary of the .treasury in this
country, argued that a revision of
the debt was of as much interest to
the creditor as to the debtor, but he,
fcrgot to mention that Great Britain
tand3 to gain much from the stabil-j
izing effect of her own return to. gold.
In short, the whole tendency of
Mr". Chamberlain's remarks was to
minimize what tho United -States hxk3
to 'offer and. to magnify wbatGreait
Britain .might exchange for, it." The
chancellor must be far ..more naive
than hi3 political experience would
suggest if ho thinks he is fooling
anyone by these usual preliminaries.
In spite of all such public protesta
tions, the British are a practical peo
ple and they understand perfectly
that they cannot get concessions on
the debt without offering equivalent
concessions in return. The begin
nings of a bargain always involve the
assumption of a stiff attitude.
Chancellor Chamberlain evidently
was laying the groundwork for the
big trade. Poker i3 not a national
British game. But the British are
adept in applying its principles in
international affairs.
However, when the player3 are
seated around the table, our repre
scnatives will have a fairly good idea
of what the British hold, and if we
do not call Mr. Chamberlain's bluff
it will be our own fault. World
Herald. - - ' vViT .J-
first spoonful. That's all you need
to drive away the dullness and
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And it isn't expensive.
Get some syrup pepsin today, and
take a little tonight. Don't wait
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- this wonderful help.- You can avoid
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pation. A spoonful every now and
then is better than constant worry
about the condition of your bowels.
ortfear of auto-intoxication as -you
grow older.'' Dr. Caldwell's syrup
pepsin protects the system, - All
druggists keep this preparation.
A REASONABLE CREDITOR
The great. Insurance companies
have responded promptly and posi
tively to the request cf Governor
Herring for a ; suspension of farm
mortgage foreclosure proceedings in
Iowa pending remedial action by the
legislature.
The act of suspension itself helps
to ease the situation. The insur
ance companies are the greatest
single agency lending money on
farm mortgages, and other creditors
are bound to be influenced by their
attitude and action toward the prob
lem. More important than that, how
ever, is tho disclosure of an extreme
ly sympathetic attitude by these com
panies, an understanding of the
farmer's plight and a willingness to
co-operate in attempting to find a
way for easing the debtor's difficul
ties. They display confidence not
only in the farmer's ability ultimate
ly to come back economically but also
in the fairness of hi3 political rep
resentatives. They obviously do not
anticipate that, in helping the debtor,
tho legislature will attempt to de
prive the creditor of his Just rights.
This emergency i3 not one in
which dishonest debtors are attempt
ing to beat creditors out of their
dues. It is not one in which the
farmer is so head over heels in debt
that he never can expect to pull out.
Under normal conditions the .farmer,
as a class, has not overborrowed. But
thi3 is a pathological condition.
What is now needed is treatment for
it as such.
What the farmer most wants in
thi3 emergency is time. The insur
ance companies seem disposed to
grant this, even without special
pleading, where It can be done with
out prejudicing their interests against
the claims of junior creditors. In
the long run this policy is seen to
be best for the creditor himself as
well as for the debtor. The insur
ance companies do not want lantt.
They cannot use land. They want
only safe investment for tho money
of their policyholders,' of which they
are the custodians. In general their
attitude seem3 to be that they are' bet
ter protected by carrying the farmer
than by foreclosing him where the
situation isn't complicated by other
borrowings.' " - '
The middle west is as interested in
eeing the financial irftegrity'ttf the
jreat iinsHranee mpsniea-fliativtliiiwf
ed as it is iir seeing its'haVd "pressed'
debtors gently dealt with. There' are
probably even' more policyholders
than therd are mortgagors." It Is
distinctly heartening to find a strong
disposition1 toward arbitration, con
ciliation and compromise for the
benefit of all. Thi3 is no time to be
crying dead beat on the one side or
Shylock on tho other. World-Her
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IN COMMENDATION OF
CONGRESSMAN RATNEY
A maluro western democrat who
now leads hi3 party in the house and
will probably become speaker, is a
refreshing ' contrast to the reckless
southern democrat who is now dis
gracing his state and his party in
the senate. Henry T. Rainey is get
ting the attention of the country. He
Is conducting himself as if ho re
membered constantly that he comes
from the district which sent Abra
ham Lincoln and Stephen A. Doug
las to congress. As he is an Am
herst man. New Englanders may see
in him tho educational influences
which did much to shape the careers
of Calvin Coolidge '95, and Dwight
Morrow '95. If as speaker, he should
adhere to the policies which he is
now expounding so vigorously, and
should actually lead the house, a
special session would bo a solace,
rather than an irritant.
; Representative Rainey is heartily
opposed to the bonus. He objects just
as heartily to flat money and to in
flation. Whether the war debts are
collectible or not and he says that
we can't collect a dollar of them
he protests against a budget which
includes them as if obtainable in full.
He declares further that a sale3 tax
is "ths best and most just solution"
of the revenue problem. Especially
gratifying i3 hi3 assertion that the
immediate need Is for drastic , econ
omies which will go far toward bal
ancing the budget. His position is
about the same a3 that of Senator
Tydings of Maryland, on whom we
commented yesterday.
It Is comforting to know that the
new authority which Mr. Rainey now
exercises as leader of the house ma
jority, and which will be amplified
when he is elected speaker, doe3 not
seem to'have'gone to his head but
appears to have given him a sense
of added responsibility. Boston Her
ald. -:o;-
"--And It looks to us as if the Japan
ese were out to get an apology from
tho Chinesei if they havo to chase
them clear' across Asia to do it.
6cciiQi!:ical-6fficisnt
Double jesrea-. , r
FINDS BUREAUCRACY
STILL UNDISMAYED
The National Organization to Re
duce Public Expenditure has per
formed a public service of first rate
importance in the' publication of its
bulletin describing what has happen
ed to federal economy in the present
congress.
In this summing up the ' Ameri
can taxpayer -and that means every
man and woman In the country,
whether he or she is aware of tax
ation or not has a revelation of
what we are up' against. The gist of
it is that with' both partie3 pledged
to drastic retrenchment, with busi
ness recovery and re-employment
blocked by taxes and the fear of more
taxes, the so-called representatives of
the people have carried on a game of
fill-ill:
shuffling reductions , and increases
which! "will result in net economies
far below the " urgent need of the
fiscal i situation.' 'Proposed , econo
mies or So'j million dollars nave
been offset or' whittled down to 246
millions and, asthe bulletin wisely
warns, the ' budget', recommendations
have not yet beei accepted and there
is reason to believe will lie refused In
important Jtems. Thus fthe total sav
ing will be even, less than the pres-
eht 3;Umate..Ini0iXtQS.r
n .i i - uiT .i,
rMiics anu cureaucracy wiin ineir
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allies; are still entrenched and un
dismayed.' Tie pubifc "opinion de
manding relief .is growing in force,
but it .lias not yet concentrated its
fire. Interests' benefiting by public
mnnpv nn pHM strnn?(r tli'nn thr irpn-'
1
eral public interest in tax relief. The
result is continued resistance and a
delay of. relief ,v,-hich threatens dis
aster. The next. congres3 must be
put in a different frame of mind. The
National Oganization to Reduce
Pu!Hc; jfcxoncijut should be ex
tended to every jit ate and must , have
the support of the press and public.
The" spenders are organized. The pay
ers must organise. Employers and
employes, the millions with jobs to
keep as ' well as 'those with jobs to
get, the farmers, business men, and
labor must' realize that the fight for
tax relief is their 'own fight and must
organize practical political action to
enforce their demand. Resoluting
and protesting, important as they are
for arousing ourselve3 to the fight
ing point,""' will fail miserably unless
they are followed up by fighting or
ganization to drive the demand home.
Party or individual pledges are
worthless unless party and individ
ual are punished jtor breaking them.
The present congress has shown
an ominous irresponsibility toward
the federal r.ancial. crisis and a reck
less disregard of , the demand for tax
relief. The next t congress must deal
with the great problems of the na
tion in a higher mood and with a
graver sense of 'consequences. Chi
cago Tribune.
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Unlcs3 he is being broadcast over
a national hook-up, it seems impos
sible that Pretty Eoy could be in so
many widely separated places at one
time.
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FOR
7WaDJVEys 1
SNELL'S TARIFF SCHEME
If the tariff were ' now raised as
a counter stroke to depreciated cur
rencies in other countries, as Con
gressman Snell's followers in the
house demand, we" shoul dtake an
other step toward 100 per cent eco
nomic nationalism.
"An economic 'war Is already rag
ing throughout the world perhaps
tho worst of its kind in modern
times. The nations are fighting each
other with economic weapons in tooth
and claw style. ' In order to mitigate
the ravages the world economic con
ference has been called. The failure
of that, in the opinion of the pre
paratory commission, including two
American economists, "would shake
the whole system of irternational fi
nance to its foundation; the stand
ards of living would bo lowered and
the social system as we know it could
hardly survive."
It i3 . argued In support of the
higher compensatory duties that
with them already in force our po
sition in the international confer
ence would be strengthened. Yet it
is so easy to raise these duties at any
timo that at the conference' mere
hints of such action wculd probably
serve the purpose of tho American
delegates. ' It seem3 certain that a
further jacking up of our tariff at
this time might raise fighting tam
pers abroad rather than spread
terror.
One proposal I3 that when the cur
rency of any nation depreciates by
as much as 5 per cent, there shall b-a
levied upon all'impcrts f rem it a tax
sufficient to compensate for the de
preciation. Ar.clh2i- proposal, by the
treasury department, is that the
flexible powers of tl;e tariff commis
sion "Te increased to deal effectively
with goods Imported frcm the depre
ciated currency countries.
It might ba advisable "firrt to ask
the tariff ccnimicslon if it had
changed 'the vi?r.'sv It ' reported last
spring. It then investigated the sub
ject in response to a senate resolu
tion with results unfavorable to the
idea of raising duties. If the assump"
tion is correct that we are ruffering
seriously .from tho flooding cf our
markets by cheap-cost, goods from
countries fallen off a gold , bate, the
statistics of imnort3 should reveal
the , fact. , But.tiia tariff tom'missicjn
reported that wr.o ccnnlta difference
can be traced between " commodities
coming chiefly f ro'm ' depreciated' cur
rency countries and those coming
from other 'countries." Attfce end
i0f 1922, our whole' Import trade va:
at the lowest level in a quarter of a
century, and, at latest reports, was
still falling. That is a new way to
"flood" cur markets.
. Certain kinds of imports show In
creases, but th2 general tendency of
pur foreign trade i3 downward. If,"
that i3 desirable, protectionists
should be happy with things as they
are. Furthermore tho tariff commis
sion's report last rpring showed
clearly that tho fall in commodity
prices was increasing the protection
provided by tho present dutie3 on
many articles. Of dutiable imports
about half are rubject .to specific
rather than ad valorem duties, and
this means that a3 prices, fall the
ad valorem equivalent cf the speci
fic duties co t'P correspondingly.
Commodity prices fell throughout
1932. and they havo not yet risen.
It is to be feared that all tariff
raising schemes are designed to build
an unscalable well ?.rcu"d the Unit
ed State3. Gr.r.10 tr.ink we are coming
to that and rhould welcome it, in
spite of th3 fact thr.t in 1929 moro
than 54 por cent of cjr cotton, more
than 41 cent of our tobacco,
nearly 40 per cent cl our kerosene,
over 40 per cor.t of ot?r typewriters,
36 per cent c,r oiir rrppcr, 31 per
cent of our lubricating oil, nearly
34 per cent" cf cur lard, and 23 per
cent of . cur sowing machines were
sold abrord. Today one of our trou
bles 13 thr.t these experts. don't move
out so carily. Hence costly farm
bill3. Springfield Republican.
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It now r.pc-rs l!:at banks to which
the R. F. C. ler.t SO million dollars
to keep them from cl03ing went
ahead and closed anyhow. That tall
fellow with the whiskers, down at
the' end of the line 'waiting to read
the notice on the bank door, 13 your
Uncle San.
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A nutrition expert says a boy's
urge to ctcal a cocky from the Jar)
every hcur or ro is neither unnatural
nor harmful. It's only when the boy
demand"! that . the ocokies be brought
to him that stcpi Ghould be taken.
One Wisconsin county has obtain
ed the "startling and appalling'' in
formation that : among - 400 ' rural
school children almost one-fourth
drank no milk, -and" ancther fourth
drank oily cne: cup a 'day: - - ' v
SHOWS TEIBUTE PAID
SCHOOL BOOK TRUST
In most, if not all, states of the
union, a combination cf publishers
dictates tho text books used in pub
lic schools. This so-called "school
book trust" charges high prices, and
that it may continue to chargo them,
is constantlp spending large rums to
control school board elections and
to put its friends in key positions In
our educational system.
One of the trust's favorite "rack
ets" is to change textbooks at fre
quent intervals, thu3 boosting sales.
West Virginia is probably no worse
gouged by the school book trust than'
many other states; but the Wheeling
Intelligencer has been making an ef
fort to end tho graft and in the
course of it3 campaign wrote to. the
minister of education of Ontario, Can
adai to find out how that thrifty prov
ince managed thing3. The response
was truly startling.
Textbooks for Ontario schools are
prtpared by experts under direction
cf the government. They are printed
by private publishers who tender bids
for the jobs, and there is keen com
petition. The maximum price at
which they may be sold is fixed' by
tho provincial government, and the
contract to furnish these books usual
ly runs for seven years. The Intelli
gencer prints the following table of
comparative prices:
West
Ontario Virginia
Primer 4 cents 37 cent3
First reader 6 cents 37 cents
Second reader 9 cents 44 cents
Third reader 14 cents 56 cents
Speller 19 cents 35 cents
Grammar 25 cents 52 cents
Arithmetic 10 cents 52 cents
Geography 75 cents 172 cents
Wc3t Virginia pay.i from two to
nine times a3 much per book as On
tario, and takes the added chance of
propaganda creeping into the books
laid before children in their most
impressionable years. And the On
tario prices given are the maximum;
by buying direct frcm the publisher.
the parent3 get a 20 per cent dis
count. ' ' '
If in these times of depression, the
American people want to save money
on their schools without taking it
cut cf the children, a good place to
start .would be on the school book
trust.- Labor.
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.W0SLP, I00K3. CALHLY .
"UN HITLER'S 'ARRIVAL
...Adolf 'Hitler, the 'Austrian born
.house; painter, becomes chancellor of
Germany. 'Two years ago the -hews
would have shocked tho rest" of the
world and been marked by a heavy
fall on security "exchanges. For Hit
ler then stood for instability. ' His
"program" was" a collection of bait
to catch the mind3 of the discontent
ed and suffering. It had patches from
the Italian fascists and the socialists,
proposals that could never be recon
ciled. The German government un
der Hitler'3 program at that time
would have become either crazy or
a return to monarchy, threatening
economic stability, threatening the
peace of the world.
Today we can look calmly on the
accession of Hitler. For ono thing
it had become inevitable; the man
had to be tried to end his constant
threat to every other ministry. For
another thing, Hitler i3 better un
derstood now. His talk often reacn
cd the emptiness of mere raving, but
he was putting himself on th3 poli
tical map. Ho needed a following
to make him at all important. Now
ho U3es that following, as many an
other has, to make deals and trades.
Hitler attains position as a recult
of fusion v-ith the Kugenberg na
tionalists, tho Seldte Steel Helmets,
the somewhat hazy Von Papen group.
It is a tamed and compromising Adolf
Hitler who takes office.
German may suffer - from this
change. Her burdened people may
bo appealed to in a spirit of swash
buckling patriotism to make further
sacrifices -and pay for an army and
a navy. Saber-rattling may be-used
to distract attention from internal
evils. A monarchy even may bo at
tempted, or actually set up. Such are
the growing pains of democracy. But
the cooling power of responsibility,
coupled with the dampening power
of bavins -to compromise, may be
counted on to sober Hitler or else
produce a reaction that will displace
him. ....
Hitler had enough of tho peculiar
quality of raagnetjsm to "make him
inevitable. It 13 strange, when we
conio to think of It, that we can re
count the experiments cf nations and
still each nation must try its own.
France ha3 fluctuated between the
rupposed radicalism of Herrlott and
the Poincare conservatism and not
found a great difference. Britain has
tried first Baldwin, then MacDonald
and ' compromised on both at once.
Ireland was granted everything ex
cept De Valera, out had to have De
Valerar,' too. without "any great gain
or 'loss apparent. Germany has to
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NEBRASKA BASKET FACTORY
ORDER OF HEARING AND NO
TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL.
. In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, County of Cass,
ss. ' '
Probate Fee Cook 9, at page 342.
To the heirs at law and to all per
sons interested in the estate of Daniel
Lynn, deceased:
On reading the petition of Martha
F. Lynn praying that the instrument
filed in this court on the 24th day of
January, 1933, and purporting to be
the last will and testament of the
said deceased, may be proved and al
lowed and recorded as the last will
and testament of Daniel Lynn, deceas
ed; that said instrument be admitted
to probate and the administration of
said estate be granted to Martha F.
Lj-nn, as Executrix:
It is hereby ordered that you, and
all persons interested in said matter,
fay, and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said coun
ty, on the 24th day of February, A. D.
1933, at ten o'clock a. m., to show
cause, if any there be, why the pray
er of the petitioner should not be
granted, and that notice of tho pen
dency of Eaid petition and that the
hearing thereof.be given to all per
sons interested in said matter by
publishing a copy of this Order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper printed; in said
county fcr three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
Witners my hand and' the seal of
said court, this 27th day of January,
A. D, 1933.
A. II. DUXBURY.
(Seal) j30-3w ' County Judge.
try Hitler, without much prospect
that hi3 accession to power will mean
great changes. Milwaukee Journal.
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Some of r,IrT. Insult's new friends
over in Greeco describe him as a
charming, host and after . dinner
speaker. Has he ever showed them .
anj tricks . with a watch borrowed
from one of:the guests?
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i BREWERS CONFER ON PLANS
Chicago. Big brewers of the na
tion sat around a, conference table . . t
and discussed tho way3. they plan to
rcl baer--within a, few, months.,. They .
ihg association,-, members of which.,
own the breweries that. ..would, turn , , .
cut 90 percent-cf America's beer if .. .
it v.'ere lega.liz.sd? .One of the steps
in the brewers' program, direqtors of
tho association said, 13 to educate
the public to drinking . beer, when
and if it becomes legal, rather than
to patronize--bootleggers. -t
"We're positive.that cood beer will
be back soon," said Col. Jacob Rup-
pert, owner cf the Yankees baseball
club and president of the U. S. B. A.
"I hope this session of congress will
take the necessary stepa."
Out of the conference, attended by
twenty directors of the . association ,
representing breweries from coast to
coast, was expected to come a defln
ite program of recommendations con- ,
cerning the retailing of beer. ,
Ruppert and other leaders cf the .
organization . have taken a position
against return of the caloon in any
state, but .have recommended that .
beer' be sold in. restaurants, and In
other places serving food.
onr
a s ip n mi n ri
Because
The Bayer croiss is not merely a
trade-mark, but a symbol of . safety.
' The name Bayer tells you that it
cannot depress the heart.
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' The tablet that's stamped Bayer
dissolves so quickly you get instant
relief from the pain.
(BAYCR
There's no unpleasant taste or odor
to tablets of Bayer manufacture;
no Injurious ingredients to upset
the system.
? Tablets bearing the familiar Bayer
cross have no coarse particles to
irritate throat or stomach.
genuine
