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in Washington to advise on for- eign affairs Conferences Held by RooseveIJ Quring Day 'ON | | | President Roosevelt also sched- uled conferences with Democratic National Committee Chairman Far- ley and Budget Director Smith to- Dec. 14—Under day before preparing to leave to- SwissMajor BUCHAREST ‘Commanding = GAS, FIRE WASHINGT! that U. S. Ambassador to Joseph Davies will remain Secretary of State Wells scheduled | r a visit to his Hyde Park | rence with President Rose- | home H s | Empire Want Ads Bring Results. BERNE, Dec. 14.—The Command- | er-in-Chief of Finland’s armies was’ the subject of long biographies in the Bwiss press during the Finnish-, . | Russian crisis—mainly because he| is of Swiss origin | | Major General Chemical Vat Explodes— Many Die from Dead- ly Chlorine Fumes BUCHAREST, Dec. 14. — Eigl sons were killed and 200 ot vely injured today in an ex- er Karl Lennart | -4 Oesch is the son of a Swiss dairy- | y man from the canton of Berne who | went to Finland 60 years ago to es- tablish a dairy business there. The business prospered and the ]p.mmn of a cellulose plant und military control at Zarnesti, Q) ny ' LA y 4 Soys the PERCOLATOR: Seys the GLASS-MAKER: | datryman brought his young Swiss| CHY T e 'Doet an ‘cli-purpese *No, we need special wife to Finland with him. His dairy | ", 1 S iy >Nl - grind’ seom coffess—one grind Docaitic s ot uthé iaTgast 7of Mihe| L WD sleep early this morning = | when a 1,000-gallon kettle of chem- reasonable te you?" will not o1 Give your coffee maker the Schilling Coffee exactly suited to its neceds. Schilling specially prepares fwo deli- cious coffees—one for Drip or Glass- maker—one for Percolator or Boiling. His |ical became overheated and blasted | the morning’s quiet. High winds spread flames and carried the deadly chlorine fumes land's prosperous businesses. son, born in Finland, joined the army and is now its commander. The Swiss, who are very proud | of their own newly-elected Com- lover the villag mander-in-Chief, General Henri| e 8 ; Guisan, end thete crack little oiti-] Many inhablidnis £l .to the zen army, point to Oesch's career | Woods, but numerous residents liv- i i i _'ing near the factory were snuffed as another evidence of Swiss mili- € el y P tary prowess. jout while they slept, as was the | case of at least two factory workers' ‘-;*II|I||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIII!I|I|lIIIIH||IIIIIIIH|IIIlIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIllIIlIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII' amilies and the family of an en- CLEARANCE SALE To Make Room for Our New 1540 Wall Paper Stock We Offer a 20% Reduction on All Patterns in Stock Odd Leots at Spegial Prices REMNANT S ——— I5c per Bolt Buy a Xmas Present for the Whole Family L IDEAL PAINT STORE 131 SEWARD STREET filllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIHlIIII_IMQIIIIIIIIII,IIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIVIIIIIIIII!I!IVI|IlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIII!!III|Ill_lllIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIVII,I!IIIIIV_F-; Schilling —THE ANSWER T0 BETTER COFFEE MAKING (Filier Papers in Every Canm of Drip Coffe) e e HITLER WILL LIVEN XMAS; G0ODY GOODY Socks Without Ration Card Reduction BERLIN, Dec 14—The jovernment announces that as a pecial Christmas concession every | German woman will be permitted 0 buy a pair of stockings without eduction from their clothing ra- announced also that as| further concession to the Christ-| nas spirit, of spices for Christ- mas cakes and other food flavor- ngs will be sold—some of them having been under ban since the var began HOOVER, LANDON ADDRESS GIANT MEETNG IN N Y. 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