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Whitney Tells How Morgan Supported Market In Crash Of 19258
BARNETT SCORES TALMADGE
Shenff’s Posse Fngages Escaping Prisoners In Running Gun Bat _
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Abandon Cars in Rugged
Hill Country
MIAMI, Okla.—(#)—A posse led
gy Sheriff Carl Curtis of Delaware
outy engaged a group of men,
thought to be fleeing Kansas con
wets, in a running gun fight in the
jills 20 miles south of Jay Friday,
cut's reported to Sheriff Dee
[Watters here.
l gheriff Curtis said the posse
uted the fugitives from their au.
tomobile and they fled on foot. No
Tonv was hurt, he said.
. He asked for reenforcements and
Sheriff Watters arranged to leave
mmediately+ with all available Ot
fawa county officers.
Jt could not he learned how
many men were in the fleeing
group.
Watters said the men apparently
were those who escaped from a
§ilbam Springs, Ark., posse late
Wednesday night after a gun fight.
The point where Curtis said Fri
day's encounter occurred is a few
miles west of Siloam Springs in
i extremely rugged and reémote
gection,
All officers had left Jay, the
Delaware: county seat, to join in
the manhunt.
TWO CAPTURED
CHELSEA, Okla. —(#)— Scarred
by more bullets and a bank rob
bery, the trails of 11 Kansas prison
fugitives twisted anew FrldaY‘
through the Oklahoma-Arkansas
bill and mountain country, but two]
#caped Oklahoma ‘convicts were
hack again behind bars. |
The reckless killers and lrohbersi
Wio broke from the Kansas State
Penitentiary at Lansing during a
Memorial day baseball game are
blamed for killing a Chetopa, Kas.,
tfficer; have stolen and comimand
fred numerous motor cafs; held a
blf dozen men and women as
lmporary hostages; engaged in
inning gunfights with manhunt
-8 and climaxed their contempt
for the law late Thursday with the
100 robhery of a Chelsea bank.
Not 50 elusive were the two con-
Vieted killers, Jim Stribling and H.
D Bradbury, who flew from the
Oklahoma prison at McAlester late
Wednesday with the arms and am
fmobile of a guard, ;
They were caught Thursday
MEht at Stuart, 20 miles west of
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L 0 ANGELES —{#)—Captain
Fank Hawks flying a robot-con
tolled, 14.4 vlinder airplane took
U from the municipal airport at
Bl 2. m, (pacific, standard time)
Hiday on o non-stop flight to
Byl Benpeit field, Brooklyn, N.
Y. he Planned to test the auto-
Matic ijot and was not necessaril
b secking g speed record,
The iy left the ground easily
" Shite of jts load of 620 gallons
:}{. sasoline which attendants at
€ dirport saig would approxi
méll'l\ two tons i 3 weight.
Fielq dltendants gaid the flier
B?h"m" would turn the machine
hp';""“ the autcwatie pilot when
: 'ad gaineq his required altitude,
e 'l‘]imn‘-/l to fly about 18,000 feet.
kl““ robot pilot was expected to
Wir:;,”h‘ machine on its course
m’w." i variation of two degrees—
. D more exactness than a
kmdlz. Pllot. The plane itself had
ho‘;n, Vlved” up to 248 miles an
\\‘a: " speed tests, but Hawks
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a?” Within the eruising range of
Kf‘“'i" 200. His ~heavy load of
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Underhill, above, is one of .11 |
convicts hunted in Oklahoma |
after their break from the Kan- |
sas penitentiary., Underhill, one |
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of the ring “-leaders, abducted i
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when Underhill was wounded l
and captured after breaking
Oklahoma’s penitentiary.
ATLANTA SELLERS
OF BEER WIN OUT
Jury Acquits Two Men
Accused of Violating
State Bone Dry Law
ATLANTA .—(®—Two men who
admitted selling 3.2 per cent beer
in “bone dry” Georgia's capital
were acquitted Thursday of violat
ing the state law which prohibits
sale even of near beer and political
subdivisions from licensing it. »
The two, first of a group arrest
ed in cases to test the “home rule”
plan under which Atlanta and sev
eral other cities in Georgia have
autherized beer on the contention
it is legal by congressional action,
were J. H. Falks and C. M. Owens.
They pleaded that 3.2 per cent bheer
kad heen legalized by the city of
Atlanta.
A five man jury rgrturned the ac
quittal after about two hours of
deliberation. The state argued
Georgia’s “bone dry” law should be
enforced and the defense appealed |
for acquittal because of “the over-‘
whelming public gentiment in fa
vor of beer.” |
Police Chief Sturdivant, an ad
vocate of 3.2 per cent beer legali
zation, was a character witness.
Mayor James L. Key, a leader in
the fight to license beer locally,
was not permitted to testify. Falks,
in a statement to the jury, said his
place of business had sold as many
as fourteen bottles of*the 3.2 per
cent brew to one man and that he
had seen no signs of it producing
intoxication. s _
Judge Jesse M. Wood had warn
»d the jury. “not to be influenced
by public sentiment, whatever that
may be.?. -The prohibition law, he
added, “is on- our: statute - books
and if .we find it has, been vio.
lated we should act aceordingiy.”
Defense Attorney. . Andrew. A
Baumstark said: “You can find my
client guilty if you want to but
you will encourage bootlegging and
racketeering for beer is going to
be sold here right on, just as it is
theing sold ! [witheut hindrance" in
iprac,ticglly every. ity and town in
Georgia” = s
Qualifying Date To
Vote in Election on
July sth Has Passed
Attorney General M. J. Yeo
mans has notified Arthur S.
Oldham, chairman of the board
of registrars for (larke county
that the time for qualifying to
vote in the special election
July 5 expired last Saturday.
The attorney general stated
that the iaw governing special
elections requires that ‘the reg+
jstration lists bé closed five
darvs after the election is cali
ed: The election -was . called
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ol CKo ONGE MORE
aTORM UPWARD ON
FRIDAY PURCHASING
Many Gains of From $1
To $3 Result From Fresh
Buying Orders in Active
Trading
GENERAL MOTORS
RAISES EMPLOYES
100,000 Get Pay Raises;
6,000 Augusta Workers
Given Increases |
NEW YORK.— (AP) — Stocks
stormed upward in extraordinarily
active trading Friday, piling up
many gains of $1 to more than $3
under the force of fresh buying
orders.
Turnover to noon approximated
3,000,000 shares, or at the rate of
7,500,000 shares for the full five
hour session. The largest wvolume
g 0 far this year was 7,198,964
shares on April 20.
Utilities, which had been lagging
behind other grouns, were taken
briskly, though industrials. rallied
smartly. Most commodity markets,
after a rather sluggish start, join
ed the rise in stocks.
U. 8. Steel common made a new
high for the year above $54, for a
net gain of nearly $2. American
telephone crossed sll9 and was
up $1.50. Allied Chemical jumped
alniost s3° to* $125, while Public
Service of New Jersey advanced
more than $3 to above $52. Gen
eral Motors, New York Central,
International Telephonie, North
American, ‘U. 8. BBmelting, and
Consolidated Gas rose $1 to. more
than $2. Radio was very active
reaching a new high. i
I Sugar was one of the strongest
Ist‘apfes. A sale of Cuban raw su
gar at 1% cents a pound, the
~highest price since 1931, was re
ported and futures made new
Ihigh’s. Wheat improved after early
Isluggishness, while cotton convert
'ed moderate losses into net gains
of around 50 cents a bale.
News of the day included word
that the Federal Reserve's credit
expansion program through pur
chases of U. S. government secu
rities had continued in the past
‘'week when the twelve regional
banks increased their holdings by
almost $28,000,000, or slightly more
Ithan the previous week. The sys
‘tem's gold reserved reached a rec
‘ord high at $3,519,898,000. A rige of
$72,000,000 in brokers' lpans at
tested to the speculative interest
iin stocks.
HIKES FOR 100,000
| DETROlT.—(AP)—Lawrence P
Fisher, vice-president of General
' Motors Corporation and presi-lent
and general manager of the Cadil
lac Motor Car company, has an-
Inoun('ed that a 5 percent pay in
crease authorized by Alfred P.
1810;111. jr., president of General
Motors, will affect 100,000 wage
|oarners employed in the wvarious
' divisions of the company.
: In the majority of plants con
itz‘ullud by the corporation, the
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Tennessee Power
" Rates Are Ordered
Rates Are Urdere
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NASHVILLE, TENN, — (#) —
Reductions in residential electric
rates in about 250 municipalities
and communities served by ‘the
Tennessee Electric power com
fiany, including Chattanooga and
Nashville, were ordered Friday by
the state railroad and public utili
ties commission. It also directed
cuts in commercial rates through
out the territory except in the
!two cities,
About 90,000 consumers will be
Laffected for a total annual savingl
of between $330,000 and 340,000, or
Fabout 12 per cent of the company’s
lannual revenue from these classes
of business, commissioner Porterl
Dunlap estimated, |
He said approximately 3150,000‘
a year would be cut off Dbills otl
residential consumers in Nashville
and Chattanooga |
Under the order, residential
schedules will be yniform through
out the system regardless of
whether in cities, towns or rural
districts, Duniap said. The new
schedules will go into effect im
mediately and he reflected in hills
Julr'.l_ et U»‘Qy'
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Athens, Ga., Friday, June 2, 1933,
MORGAN WITHE3S
oIYS FIAM MADE
PROFIT I CRASH
Partner Says Mowgan and
Group of Bank-rs Poolzd
$250,000,000 to Sup
port Toboganning Stocks
ROYALTY HOLDINGS -
IS ASKED ABOUT
Whitney Knew Nothing
Of British Royalty. on
Preferred List 2
WASHINGTON, — () —. The
senate banking committee _was
taken Friday =behing scenes of
the financial drama of the ct:;?;fi,?c
days of late '29, by al J. P. Mor
gan and company partner who ol
in matter-of-fact fashion howta
few bankers—with $25,000,000/at
their fingers—supported | the crash
ing market. 3 7ik
It wsaz a profitable operation,
George Whitney, the i Morgan
partner, : testified that although
loss had been expectel, thie 1.146;-
609 share& purcha=zed were wold for
$1,067,355 more than the cost, ex
clusive of.lnterest. : -
“The massive purchases; lasted
some three weeks, " J 5
“1t ended; as I recall, on! Novem
ber - 11, 'said Whitney quietly
while ears were strained through
out the large, erowded room to
hear, e
i In\}estigatlon was recessed short
ly after 12:30:p. m.,: E. 8. T. Fri
day wvntil Monday. : X
Leading up to his® story in an
swers to Ferdinand Pecora, ‘com
mittee counsel, the witness relited
how his brother ; Bichard, then
vice president and ' now Ipl‘@sident
of the New York Stock Exchange,
had “come to see s first” about
doing something to halt ' price
¢lides on the exchange.
“How much did you buy,” Sena
tor Conzens (R-Mich) asked, “we
hought 1,146,600 shares,” Whitney
replied, at a cost of $137,752,705.
Sold At Profit I
“We soid out in 1930 for uss,-I
$20,060,” |
“How was the profit divided?”
Couzens wanted to know, |
“Among us according to parti
cipation,” Whitney caid. We en
tered this operation without
thought of profit. We expected:to
take a loss and at one time our
book loss was $40,0000,0:).”
“Why did you take such a large
loss on Anaconda Mining corpora
tion?” Couzens asked,
A X said,” Whitney replied,
“We sold without reference to
profit.”
. The witness objected to Pecora's
luse of the word “pool” to describe
Ithe transaction.
“We are rather gunshy of the
’word, as used colloqually,” he
smilled.
“But the newspapers called it the
bankers pool” Pecora commented,
“Yes,” Whitney agreed, “We
tried to set them right but they
paid no attention.” .
Senate investigators Friday ob
tained a list of officers and di
rectors of corporations to whom
personal loans were entended from
1927 to 1931 inclusive by the pow
erful bank. |
With Whitney again testifying
as a partner of the firm, the com
mittee counsel—Ferdinand Pecora’
—produced the list, i
It named E. W. Marland, now
representative, from Oklahoma,
Robert E. Olds, former State de
partment official and Frank W.
Stearns, friend of the late former
President Coolidge, among others.
A suggestion that some of the
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Tota! since January 1 .. ..17.64
Deficiency since January 1. 493
Average June rainfall .. .. 410
Total since June 1 .. .. .. 00
Deficiency since June 1 ~. -4
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Commencement exercises at the University of Georgia will be held in
Woodruff Hall, June 5. Prominent on the program are (top row) McCarthy
Crenshaw. voted Georgia's most outstanding student for the past four years;
President E. C. Elliott of Purdue University, who is the Commencement Day
speaker; (bottom row) Mrs. S. V. Sanford, who with President Sanford, enter
tained the senior class and visitors at an elaborate reception; and Frederic
Solomon, Fort Valley, valedictorian for his class. r
MINE QUALIFY FOR
[ OMGRESS RACE
Saturday Last Day to Qua
lify; Emerson George Is
Latest Entry
ATLANTA — () — William B.
Congdon of Augusta flled with the
Secretary of State his entry as a
candidate for congress from the
Tenth district, bringing to nine the
list of candidates who have quali
tied for the race He is the fifth
Augusta resiaent to enter.
Nap.er Burson, chief clerk in the
otfice of Secretary of State John
B. Wilson, announced Friday he
would remain at the office until 4
p. m. Saturday to receive entries,!
although Saturday is a holiaay at
the Capitol. Saturday 1s Je!‘ter-‘
son Davis’ Dbirthday anniversary
and other offices at the capitol
will be closed. |
Mr. Burson announced the list of
qualified candidates as follows:
| Emerson H. George of Madison.
.~ Paul Brown of Elberton.
A. Dwight Deas of Augusta.
Roy V. Harris of Augusta.
James Cartledge of Augusta.
Pat H. Kennedy of Augusta.
William B. Congdon of Augusta :
D. Talmage Bowers of Canon.
Mrs. A. . Shivers of Norwood
A rumber have been mertioned
as Jlikely candidates for the post
in¢luding President Hamiiton Mec
‘¥'horter of the state senale, whae
l'ves in Lexington, Representative
Miles Collier of Madison county
¥, J. Shackelford of Athens, and
others The post was made vacant
by the death of Congressman
Chailss Brand of Athens, The
election will be on July 5. There
are no entry fees, and the ballot
ing will -be in the form of a gen
eral election, with the high man
‘the victor.
I Brown Announcement
- Paul Brown of Elberton makes
his official announcement as a
candidate for Congress from the
.Tcnth district in The Banner-Her
ald today. Mr. Brown’'s candidacy
in Clarke county, according to his
friends here, is progressing very
favorably and the feeling is being
‘expressed by many that he will be
given a large vote in this county.
ATHENS BANKS TO
CLOSE SATURDAY
~ Athens Clearing House Banks,
sthe Citizens and Southern bank
and the National Bank of Athens,
will be closed Saturday in honor
‘Lof Jefferson Davisg’ birthday.
PROBE ROOGEVELT
ORDER FOR KITS
Says President Forced
“Over Market’’ Order for
Camp Toilet-Kits
WASHINGTON. —(AP)—Major
Genera! John L. DeWitt, Quarter
master General of the Army, Fri
day told the senate military com
mittee that Robert Fechner, direc
tor of the reforestation work, ad
vised him that President Roose
velt had instructed Fechner to
purchase 200,000 toilet-kits from
Bevier and Company of New York
for reforestation camp employes.
Howe, secretary to the Presi
dent, appearing before the com
mittee at his own request Thurs
day, before it formally opened an
investigation into the purchase of
the kits at prices army officials
sald were necessive, told members
he had advised Fechner that he
(Fechner) had authority to buy
them if considered desirable.
1 advised Mr. Fechner strongly
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Britain Scored as
.
Following Lead of
.
President of U. S.
LONDON-~— — (#) — The Labat
party atiacked Chancellor of the
Exchequer Neville Chamberlain
and the government in the house
of commons Friday for allowing
thz world econnmic eonference ‘in
itiative’ to *“go to. the United
States,” !
| Sir Stafford Smith, Labor svok
‘esman, demanded:
I “Are we only to follow the sug
-Igestions made by Mr. Roosevelt,
| whé undoubtedly is a very remark
| able man? Is it necessary for him
{to have a monopoly on linitiative
|for the world economic conference?
| “Hasn't the British government
(any ideas of their own or are they
!just prepared to follow along with
!the suggestions Mr. Roosevelt gave
| prime Minister MacDonald?’ ;
| The Labor attack was launched
in' the course of a foreign affairs
'dgbate’ In. which Mr. Chamberlain
nad asfirt.ed’ that unless the na
/tions temper their prejudices and
|adopt a give-and-take attitude at
|the economic conference, the world
ima_v despair “of emerging in our
{time from depression, ha'dships
land suffering.”
{ The chaneellor once again re
liused to disclose the British pol
icy on way debts to the United
|States intimating the government
awaited a new move: from Wash
ington, N R
A. B. C. Paper—Single Copies, 2c—sc Sunday.
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Highway Chairman
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Chiarges Governor
ants epa meric
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Talmadge Waited Until Legislature Adjourned .Q,g;
forc Becoming So Bold, Barnett Charges and Sug
gests Impeachment as Onc Remedy in Situation
Governor Has Created e ot
SAYS GCOVERNOR, CONTRACTOR WHITLEY
AND COWBOY SMITH SEEKING CONTROL
Chairman Asserts Talmadge Charge of Inefficiency
Was an Afterthought. Governor’s Reply to Barnett
Is Brief e
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ATLANTA, Ga.—(AP)—Chairman J. W. Barnett of the Stlfi.fi,fl
Highway board Friday chargsd Governor Taimadge 1s seeking to"’”fff;i
build up a huge political machine by placing the Highway depart- ~
ments tnder his control and that ‘the board “could not and will not =
agree to discharge five enginecrs nor will it turn the personnel of ,
the Highway department over to Governor Talmadge and his asso- ’
ciates. o uvninh e
Governor Talmadge Thursday received a comimunication from the =
Stzte Highway board including a requisition for more than $1,000,-
000 to pay salaries and contractors. The governor answered that *
he would hold up the requisition until the five gngineers, whose ' e
resigrations ho had demanded, were removed.
Chairman Barnett’s statement answered in detaif the criticiem of“ e
the department during the long controversy betweed n the governor 3
ard the chairman and W. C. Vercen of the( board. Jud P. Wilhoit, >«r
the third member, has agreed with the demands of /the chief exccu
tive. The statement denied specifically the charges of extravagance =
. and inefficiency against the engineers made by the| governor. ' %
The Humorous, the
Tragic and the
Odd in the News
By The Associated Press
PITTSBURGH — There she sat,
in the marriage license bureau, im
patiently tapping her foot. Then
she yalked over to Clerk Edgar
Howe and told him the man she
was to marry went out to get an
otheér dollar. A license costs $2.
“I won't marry a man who hasn't
cnough money to pay for a lieense,”
she told Howe decisively. “When
he comes back tell him I've
changed my mind,” ‘
FARES FOR MAILMEN
SAN FRANClSCO.—Officials of
San Francisco's three street car
companies agreed the years-old
policy of free rides for mail car
riers should be stopped. -The gov
ernment will be asked to pay the
fares.
SUIT FOR $4.50 COSTS §lO
OKLAHOMA ClTY—lt's not the
taxes, it's the principle with Mr,
and Mrs. A. G. Wikoff, who pa.d
an initial deposit of $lO for cour!
costs in filing suit for recovery of
$4.50 income tax, which they aliege
the government collected unjustly
in 1931, ’
FARMING PAYS
BUDDHA, Ind.—Jokn W. Staggs
farmer, was plowing for corn, bui
what he plowed up was $7,061 in
old silver dimes, quarters, dollars
and half dollars some dating back
as far as 1818,
He's the father of 16 children for
which reason the cash will come
in handy.
THEY LIKE UNIFORMS TOO
DALLAS, Texas. — John J. Vay
was sentenced to 90 days by Fed
eral Judge W. H. Atwell for im
personating an army officer and
obtaining money .falsely by that
means. Vay told the court his
wife’s vanity in presenting him as
“captain” proved too much for him
and he never denied the rank be
cause, he said, that would have
been unchivalrous. *
FAMED COMEDIAN OF
FORMER DAYS HURT
. NEW YORK.—(AP)—Joe Weber,
65-year-old comedian of the fam
ous team of “Weber and Fields”
and his wife, Lillian, were serious
ly irfjured Friday when the taxi
cab in which they were riding
ran into a steel pillar. i
~ Weber and his wife were taken
to Mount Sinai hospital where
doctors said the comedian suffer
ed internal ‘injuries and a fracture
of the right ankle.
He was immediately operated
upon after which hospital authori
ties described his condition as
“satisfactory."” P aaty el
Mrs. Weber, who is 56, suffered
a fracture of the right thigh,
bruises and lacerations, =
'HeME
Chairman Bavuett's statement
¢aid the highway* department had
existed under (Governors Dorsey,
Hardwick, Walkei:, “Hardman s
Russell and “no governor 4n i
this time has ever ' seen fit to
terfere with the opjerations of the
highway board beca tue of his »:wr;é
routine power to drilw warrants on
the treasury for funds depos -% -
the treasury to the 'credit of thig
department.” } S el
: Impeachmeng »k}“
“In the first quartei of the pres<
ent year,” the statemwent continued,
“Governor Talmadge | did not | h
take the illegal stepst he Is now
taking because the legislation
couid have instantly remedied the
whole situation by dealing with
the governor through impeachment
proceedings or changing the law
as to the drawing of wa ‘_“;, y
“It is after the adjournment of
the legislature wiien the
thinks no one can restrain him
that he becomes emboldened to.
take this ‘gtep. It is a ‘;,
the legislature doest not me?eg;"f'fl e
1935 and- it is doubtless due to thiss
fuct and his belief that the courts®
through the writs of ‘ P
and injunction can no¢ adequately
handle the situation, tnat Govers
nor Talmadge is taking 'the posis:
tion he is. The law :%
changed o as to allow the-legiss:
lature to call itself into
emergencies ilke the
out having to wait to be=calle
into session by an offending ‘govers
“In the governor's communicas
tion of today he says that whem
a new list of engineers is q
he will either approve or disaps
prove it, Thig shows he thinks he
can control the entire .I; W
the- department from the highes§
official -down to ‘the most humble.
It is this principle and precedent
which the board cannot submit te.
If such a policy were purshed, thi§
department will be disorganized
and chaos will result. The depart=
ment can function efficiently onlg
with skilled and efficient engineers,
The training for these positions
can only be acquired by practieal
experience. We do not know fi ;
if anybody, the governor has 1
mind to fill these positions afié;;
do know that these five %
competent and our selectic
that the law puts the ss‘@;_m_
selecting” them upon us and w
propose to retain them” =TB
An Afterthought . &
Chairman Barnett summed up
his statement in the following
language: i ',is‘;’v &
“The governor's charge »f inefs
ficiency against the five engines
is an afterthought invented afte
he discovered he was wil z;
thority to change the personnel of
this department by striking names
from the budget. His pubdshe
uterance of May 7 gives as his :
witness Cowboy Smith, an enginee:
employed by the governor's friend
and staff appointee,
Whitley, whose anlmofltfi‘i{r
highway department js well know
The governor's instances of allege
incompetence are shown ‘ ne
foundation in fact and :’&
figments -of the imagination. J
as the governor sought unsue
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