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By KHUCE L. SIMPSON
Wide World War Analyst for The Statesman
"" As April, the historical war month, opens a new chapter
of sombre significance in the axis-allied struggle, there is a
baffling babble of prediction about where its mail scene will be
laid. l:v -
A new and grievous disaster
tions the loss of another great
oil reservoir seems to impend,
but there are brightening skies on
the Australian flank of the Pacific-Indian
ocean war front The
first meeting of the Pacific war
council in Washington with Presi
dent Roosevelt presiding revealed
nothing - of its deliberations or
planning; but following it was a
wave of rising, optimism over
American-Australian ability to
hold the Japanese at Bay and pre
pare a counter-attack in Aus
tralia, v
That, confidence strongly an
derseeres every Washington de
velopment, to ive a silver time
to otherwise dark war clouds to
westward. .
General MaeArthor shares It
If he didn't be would not have
assented to his assignment as
supreme commander In Aus
tralia, None who know him
could donbt that he would hava
preferred otherwise to stay with
his gallant American-Filipino
troops.
In Europe, except for probably
premature demands in Bri4ain for
an immediate counter-offensive
against Hitler by land as well as
by sea and air, the initiative rests
with the nazl warlord. Hope is
waning that Russian: armies can
decisively clinch their winter
gains by capturing key points still
in German hands.
Moscow still forecasts enlarged
victories. Hitler's own terse war
bulletins are the best possible evi
dence that red army plan is un
diminished. The Russians are still
on the attack all along the front
nibbling at nazi reserves, threat
ening nazi strong points. Yet the
red army seems now waging a war
of attrition rather than fighting
toward definite strategic goals.
And the effect of that attrition
. campaign on Hitler's resources,
the degree to which it may have
', sapped the striking power of his
j armies, can not be measured .un
f. til they strike. f
The question, then, is both
where and when Hitler will
strike, as April restores at least
some degree of mobility to his
armored , battering-rams, the
panser units. Hampered by
mud, and flood again, tanks
have been of very limited value
to either side since late fait
This April, nevertheless, seems
certain to see the prelude of an
attempted final nazi victory drive.
It is a favored Hitler month for
the attack and in southern Rus
sia, in the Ukraine and Crimea,
weather conditions should permit
major operations before the end
of April.
Oxygen Lack
Worry for
Farm Union
Alarm over the inability of me
chanics 'in small communities to
obtain oxygen for acetylene weld-.'-
lng, thus making repairs for farm
- machinery doubtful, was express--,
ed by the Marion county Farmers
union convention which met Sat
urday at. Fairfield, north of Sa
lem. A resolution was ordered
- sent to the war production board
urging consideration of the prob-
' lem so that farm production might
be kept up. :
Fourteen Fanners, union locals
in Marion county were represent
ed and each gave reports of in
creased membership and contin
ued profitable cooperative trading.
Amman Grice, new state presi
dent spoke to the convention 1 on
Tanners union activities and
' : , services rendered to the members
by the organization.
Plans for rural fire fighting
- crews to combat sabotage and or
dinary fires were outlined by Ro
bert Sterling, of the fire control
. - department at Oregon State col
lege. .
Stole Police
; Arrested
A ' 23-year-old ex -convict who
bid allegedly stepped into a Port
land police car and driven in a
leisurely fashion to the home of
his sister near Gervais on Friday
; night was in Jail in Portland early
: Saturday.. '; .f- v.-.r rr-
' State police said Donald E.
Pbniiss, released from the state
penitentiary, here' March 3 after
serving two years, told them that
he had listened on the car's radio
' Id ednversations of officers who
were searching for him as he
drove around Portland and later
traveled to his sister's home. He
had been sent to the' penitentiary
from Multnomah county for as
sault with attemDt to rob
in Burma for the United Na
Salem Gets
Parade Ready
Army Units Included)
Schools, Business
Houses to Close
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State street in front of the Cap
itol theatre. With him there will
be Gov. Charles A. Sprague,
Capt Francis T. Wade, chief of
staff and commanding officer of
the army letaebment Mayor W.
W. Chadwick, County Judge Grant
Murphy, State Defense Coordina
tor Jerrold Owen and County De
fense Chairman Douglas McKay.
Second In the order of march
will bo army units. Cot Abrams
said Saturday, declaring that
the committee has assurance the
"army will be an Important
part of the parade."
Under command of B. E. Ow
ens, veterans' organizations, their
ranks depleted because . of the
number who are active in civilian
defense work, are to form the
third division, meeting on Union
street east of Commercial.
On Marion street east of Com
mercial street with the head of
the column resting on Commer
cial will form what Is expected
to be the largest unit of the day's
parade,' the civil defense organ
izations, under command of Ed
Colby, liaison officer for County
Coordinator Bryan H. Conley.
Fraternal and marching or
ganisations and motorized fra
ternal and elvte organizations,
under command of Don Mad
ison, are to form on Chemeketa
street east of Commercial, fac
ing west
Part of a nationwide nhsr
yance, JalenjJ ' parade w should
draw every able-bodied resident
of the city into downtown streets
Monday morning, civilian defense
and other civic leaders declared
Saturday as they urged the lar
gest, possible attendance also from
outlying areas.
More Sand
Available
Two new sand-for-defense
de-
posit points in addition to
three district fire stations in
the
Sa
lem were established Saturday by
the municipal defense committee,
L. F. LeGarie, chairman, an-
nuonced.
Loads of sand to be available
without cost to residents of the
areas who register when they re
ceive the material have been de
livered to the Chouch ' Texaco
service station at 390 Broadway
and to the City Ice Works at 1551
Center street LeGarie said.
The sand, declared to be most
satisfactory for fighting incen
diary bombs, is provided at no
charge for the defense use only,
LeGarie stressed, and persons 're
ceiving it are asked to register as
an assurance that the privilege
will not be abused.
Mother Holds Baby Born in Lifeboat
Mm Desarka Moherevkle at Norfolk, Ya. holds la her arms her baby,
, bora prematurely la aa open
was a passenger was torpedoed
' horvicic's daughter. Ybaa, admires the Infant boy, who was named
Jesse Roper Mohorevicte. He -weighs eight pounds. - After their
' rescue, the soother and children
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US Recognizes
Africa Control
Free French Given
Africa Consulates
Vichy Has Claim
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treat with them on the basis of
their actual administration of the
territories Involved."
VICHY, April 4-(JP)-Gen.
Jean Marie Berreret, French
secretary of aviation, revealed
Saturday that the Vkhy gov
ernment has received "special
permission,' presumably from
the Germans, to increase its air
force and new has approxi
mately lOOt modern war planes,
or more than Franco had at the
beginning of the war. "
"Each British attack earned us
authorization to put some units
into service," the general said,
speaking at the inauguration, of
the French aviation exhibition.
"In addition a big effort has
been made to reconstitute the
lines of empire interest a recon
stitution which aided powerfully
In upholding French sovereign'
ty over her colonial territories.
Thus, the air link between the
mother country and Jibuti plays
a big part in the magnificent re
sistance of that colony to British
pressure.
The general said the special
permission to put more units
Into service was granted with
the view to meeting British at
tacks. The French air force, he said,
is ready to repeat its perform
ances at Dakar and la ' Syria.
He expressed pride in the ef
forts of the air force In the de
fense of Dakar against Free
French forces last year and la
the unsuccessful Syrian cam
paign. The air force put Into service
since the armistice, ho said, has
done its Job honorably, notably at
Dakar, in the near east and in
Indo-China. In touring the era
pire as I do periodically, I be
come aware that it stands ready
to do it again."
Auto Victim
Badly Hurt
Lester Bosten Struck
North of Salem;
Head Crushed
Head severely crushed and one
leg broken when he was struck
by a car on the Portland highway
just north of Hayesville on Sat
urday night Lester Tracy Bosten.
37, of 2344 Maple avenue, was
declared in critical condition ear
ly this morning at Salem Deacon'
ess hospital.
' Bosten, a pedestrian, was walk'
ing near the center of the highway
but on the right hand side of the
yellow center line when he first
saw him, C. R. Carlton of Port
land, temporarily a resident of Sa
lem, motorist who struck the man,
told police. He swerved his car
into a ditch in an unsuccessful ef
fort to avoid Bosten.
Men of the Salem first aid staff,
called to the scene, said they were
able only to stop the rapid flow of
blood and to put a splint on the
Injured man's leg before Sending
him to the hospital by ambulance.
Services Monday
For Withycombe
Funeral services are to be held
at 2:30 p. m. Monday from Finley's
chapel in Portland for John
Withycombe of Arlington, who
died Friday.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
Arthur Churchill of Salem, and
the widow, Hda Jones Withy'
combe, who Is a sister of Senator
Ronald Jones of Brooks and Ellis
Jones of Salem and daughter of
M. L. Jones, long resident here.
lifeboat after the ship on which she
off the Atlantic coast, Mrs. Ko-
were hospitalised at Norfolk.
OZSCtON STATE.IXn. Salem.
Commands
MaJ. Gen. George Gruaert (above)
has taken command of the Sixth
Corps army area. He succeeded
MaJ. Gen. Joseph MV Cummins,
in the area comprising Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan.
Asks Drivers
For Detour
Civilian Autos Delay
Construction Work
On Cantonment
Sunday drivers, and others, too,
were urgently requested Saturday
by Lt CoL R. EL M. Des Islets to
stay off both the west side Pacific
highway, 89 W, and the Indepen
dence road Into the Camp Adair
cantonment area in Polk and
Benton counties.
Civilian motoring in the area
delays construction work, and the
heavy truck traffic now moving
there endangers private cars, CoL
Des Islets, engineer In charge of
the big army project, explained,
In an "open letter to cantonment
communities," he said:
"I understand how Intensely
interested yea all are In seeing
such a largo construction Job,
as the building of Camp Adair
seeing how lt Is begun, how it
grows, and What It finally looks
like. The desire to satisfy the
natural curiosity combined, this
past Sunday, with the beautiful
spring weather caused a for
midable coalition against con
struction activity In the can
tonment area particularly oa
Highway 99W, where long lines
of private cars, sightseers, drove
along slowly, impeding the
progress of trucking until fi
nally an work had to be
stopped!
"This is an appeal for help.
Please avoid 99W at all times,
week days and Sundays, except
in case of emergency or when on
business connected with the can
tonment for at least 60 days. In
this way you will save tires and
gasoline, as well as assist in the
major problem of preventing con'
gestion in the construction area,
Also, you may save your car's
being damaged by large trucks.
This highway is not too wide at
best and being the only paved
highway through the area, it at
tracts most of the traffic, particu
larly during wet weather.
"The same problem will soon
develop with the Independence
road in the cantonment area, and,
therefore, we would appreciate a
similar attitude regarding the use
of the road in the future.
"I trust you will all receive
this request in the spirit in which
it is made simply to help us ac
complish our task in good time,
and thank you for such help as
you may see fit to extend in this.
as in all other cases."
Landis Sees
Great Plane
Raid Threat
BOSTON, April 4-UPV-The pos
sibility of air raids on the United
States as weather conditions im
prove, with the Pacific coast in
the most hazardous position, was
expressed Saturday by James M.
Landis,' national coordinator of
civilian defense.
The weather hazard to fly
ers Is getting toss every day and
it Is idle to talk ta terms of air
raid Impossibility," Landis said
at a areas conference.
"The Pacific Coast Is still in the
most hazardous position, but that
may be just a guess," he added.
- In' Boston for the two-fold pur
pose of visiting his family and
making a quick Inspection of
civilian defense, Landis added:
"Even now, we must think in
terms of land-based bomb car
riers taking a shot at us. Boston
isnt so very far from Bergen,
Norway, and Michigan is only 20
minutes farther away.
"To the enemy it would be well
worth the loss of a few bombers
to wreck certain vital Industrial
areas."
Bald Eagle9
Goes to Duty ,
PORTLAND, April 4-(ffWames
L. James, 54, Saturday became the
first of Portland's Bald Eagle
World war I aviators called to
active "duty. - - ' V;-':
He was ordered to report at an
army air field in the northwest
but he feared he would get an ad
ministrative job instead of combat
duty against the Japanese..
1 His son, Paul, 28, was killed in
China in 193S with the Chinese
nationalist air force.
Oregon, funday Homing, Apr3
Wage Dispute
Spokesman Forecasts
NWLB Arbitration
Within Six Weeks
Arbitration under national war
labor board auspices of a wage
differential dispute between AFL's
Lumber and Sawmill Worker un
ion and aDnroximatelr 17 WUlam
ette valley mill operators looms
within the next six weekswThls
Is the prediction of Daniel Hay,
manager for Associated Employ
era of Oregon, following a con
ference Saturday . with Warren
Woods, NWLB's senior mediator.
Woods, who handled for his
board the now-historic Blooming
ton, HL, railroad tieup which
ended suddenly when the federal
government took over operation of
the utility, was in Salem to inter
view Hay in his capacity as ne
gotiator for several of the mills
involved in the dispute.
Approximately SS of the firms
have already agreed to accept
the recommendations of a panel
which declared - following Its
meeting in Eocene oa March
2t that "settlement of this dis
pute has unfortunately already
been delayed for a considerable
period . . . that the public inter
est and the national war effort
require that this dispute be set
tled immediately.''
Appointment of an arbitrator by
the NWLB to "be guided in his
findings by the best interests of
the lumber and logging industry
of the Willamette valley, its oper-
Lators and its employes" was re
commended at that time by the
panel consisting of N. P. Fein-
singer, professor of law at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, by Dale
Purves, vice-president of the Stet
son Hat company, and by Fred
Hewitt editor of the Machinists'
Journal.
To learn how many operators
would agree voluntarily to accept
these recommendations was prin
cipal purpose for his trip to Ore
gon from his Washington, DC,
headquarters, Woods declared.
Operators refusing to accept
voluntarily the suggestions of
the panel may be called to
Washington for further hearing,
he said.
The national war labor board,
under the January 12 orders
which brought it into existence,
is authorized to settle employer
labor disputes by mediation, by
voluntary arbitration or, those
methods failing, by arbitration
under specifications set up by the
board. Chief hope of his organiza
tion. Woods said here Saturday, is
to keep In operation without stop
pages or unfairness to any persons,
concerned industries vital to the
national war effort
Knudsen Joins
Labor Debate
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ttvely reported to be sounding
oat labor loaders oa the possi
bility of a voluntary agreement
to make 44 or At hours the baste
work week, to be worked with
out overtime pay. Premium
payments would be given for
work la excess of the figure
agreed upon.
Vice President. Wallace was un
derstood to be active in this ef
fort, bent upon quieting the ag
itation which has surrounded the
controversy. Whether a 44-hour
week would satisfy congress was
a question, however, and whether
48 would suit labor was another.
Beyond that labor was under
stood to be insisting that if any
concessions are made, the employ
ers must rebate to the govern
ment the money which otherwise
would go. to the workers in time
and one half pay for work over
forty hours a week. .
Senator Berkley (D-Ky), the
majority leader, although declin
ing to comment on this plan, made
it plain he was hopeful some
agreement might be reached be
fore April 20, when the "senate is
to consider a motion to take up
Senator Connallys (D-Tex) bill
permitting the government to take
over strike-bound war-production
plants and freeze labor conditions
in them. " .;!;.:-,
Mediation Near
Coast Guardsmen Stand Watch
-oed coast rnxrdsxaen have been placed a most Great Lakes freighters as a rrecaeiloa aralnst sabetace.
Shown caardmr sack, a vessel In Cleveland, O- harbor are Apprentice Seamen Pete 'Fiona of Wyan
dotte. Mich, (left), and Stanley Koskey of Applegate, Klchi ' ... - ,
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Hot Steps After
A t X .t- Va(i mw
.i mt Hm nwtfn
before the war. Here, army and
strenuous duty oa land, oa sea
Honolulu, Hawaii. .
Nine Airmen
Die, Wrecks
Another Missing in
Bomber Crash (
Fighter Hit
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aboard but Capt R. S. Gibbs,
Gowen field public relations . of
ficer at Boise, said clearance pa
pers showed only eight
The dead were listed by Gibbs
as: .
Second Lt James R. Walker,
pilot; Second Lt Albert J. Rich,
co-pilot; Second Lt Maurice Vic
tor Bradley, Sgt Hugh P. Jen
nings, Sgt Henry O. Williams, jr.,
Pvt Joseph W. Koury, and Pvt
Charles J. Gneiding.
Also listed as a crew member
was 'Pvt Kenneth S. Biddinger.
Rescuers expressed belief his body
was covered by a part of the
plane. Biddinger was a son of
Mrs. Helen Biddinger of Indian
apolis, Ind.
Gowen field officials announ
ced the plane missing this
morning, saying it had left Hill
" field at Ogdea, approximately
1M miles from Bridge, on a
routine training flight at t:lS
p. m. They theorised the crash,
about II miles north of the
Utah line, occurred shortly aft
er the takeoff.
Louis Gunnell of StrevelL a few
miles from Bridge on US highway
30 south, discovered the wreck
age and reported that two men
were dead.
When Gowen field crash crews
arrived on the scene, the addition
al bodies were discovered.
Terrain at the site is fairly level
and covered with sagebrush.
An army board of officers will
investigate in an effort to deter
mine cause of the mishap, Cap
tain Gibbs announced.
Added Prison
War Labor
Is Sought
WASHINGTON, Aprfl 4-ifl)The
government Is establishing a spe
cial agency to seek increased pro
duction by prisons of goods use
ful in the war effort
The agency will be a division of
the bureau of governmental re
quirements, headed by Maury
Maverick, who said Saturday that
it was expected other allied gov
ernments would purchase most
of the prison-made goods.
Tt was empbasizeOY an an
nouncement said, "that produc
tion of goods by prison industries
will not interfere with normal
labor or industry Inasmuch as ar
ticles made in these shops will be
used only for war purposes and
will not enter normal commercial
channels."
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Hot Fighting
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hatfi. where um weaikur
navy men find relaxation- after
and in the air. wnen sney
Malta Raids
Are Kept Up
176 Axis Planes Are
Wrecked Over
Isle in March '
VALLETTA, Malta, April 4.-ff)
-British fighters and ground . de
fenses destroyed or damaged 476
axis planes over Malta during
March, it was announced Satur
day night as they added six and
possibly 12 more German bomb
ers to the toll.
The British announced that 59
enemy craft' certainly were shot
down in March, 23 others proba
bly destroyed and 84 damaged.
The . Germans continued ' inces
sant dav. and nieht bombings of
the bomb-pocked Mediterranean
base Saturday,, dropping many
explosives.
BERLIN-(From German Broad
casts) -April 4Jf)- The German
radio broadcast Saturday night
that mass formation of dive
bo ibers made heavy raids on
Maita Saturday after the ' air
dromes at Haifa and Lavenezria
had been raided the night before.
The attacks were mainly dl
rected against the harbor installa
tions at Valletta and military ob
jectives in the port" the German
account said. "One cruiser in the
docks received a direct hit on the
bow with bombs of the heaviest
calibre."
WU Rumor
On Firing
Is Denied
A rumor to the effect that Wil
lamette university trustees In ses
skm Monday in Portland would
consider dropping more than a
half dozen young faculty mem
bers as part of an economy pro
gram drew startled comments
from two interested groups short
ly after its publication Saturday,
From jme university's adminis
tration "came the announcement
that it would definitely make no
recommendation for such a pro
gram.
A member of the f aemlty earn-
mlttee of the lie-year eld in
stitution's beard of trastees
flatty declared that, while he
eeald net spk officially for
the entire eeeaailttee, he was
sure that It had net met and
fersaalated each a policy as a
teoeaamendatlea for trastee ae-
' That there might be a decrease
in the number of younger faculty
members for reasons outside of
trustee control, namely, the entry
or several young men into some
branch of active military service
during the coming summer months
was readily admitted.
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Leave Monday
Salem Men in Largest
Call Inducted
At Portland ;
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vffle Charles Griffey (Tr.), George
Harrison Kohler. . Henry Edwin
Strom, Richard Daniel Sundberg,
Glenn Emmanuel Pavey, Emmet
Lloyd Gilmer, Harold Irving S til-
linger, and Robert -wuson w'
shaw."-';' ' 4r i;-:
Francis, Ralph, Toler. Mwm
John Zuber, William Howard Pe
terson, Kenneth Will ard Cole,
Maurice Jolly Hudkins (Tr.), Ro
bert i Leslie , Bingman, xixymoua
TJvrif McHvenna. Melvin Charles
Whitesides, Ernest Rees John,
Walter McKinley cune, jr, Ber
nard Floyd Cushlng, Henry: Gor
Aan CarL Frank Marvin Chamber
lain. Richard LeRoy Cooler, Ray
mond Benjamin Randall, ueraia
Swartz Tfflett, Leon Arthur
Weeks. John Jess Rowe (Tr.).
Rudolph Edward Schenk, Jr,
Frank Orvffle Dueltgen, Henry
Robert Calbom (Tr.), Robert Bob
Strong and Elmer Robert Monner.
Warren Christina Berteis .
Charles Robert Wilson, Jr, rat
rick John Hatchins, Theodore
Caisse, Phillip Lerey Wetble,
Vert Cart ton Taylor, Norman
Webster Ben, George Emery
Thompson. James Bryan Star
rett, William Holland Koch.
Francis McB. Doorlas.- Francis
Raymond Lenabarg, Verdi Re
ehelle (Tr.), . Wesley : Edward
gchmnk, Ivan John Manning.
Darwia Lawrence Davidse.
Woedrow Steven Shram, Elbert
Oliver Crooks and John .WD
lard Schalts. t Z.t.-i 1
John Wesley Warner. Elmer
Pierson , Froom, Clarence Norrls
Nelson; Clarence Hart Wolfe, Nor
man Edward Wagner, Lester Bel
gard, Clarence Matthew Monner,
Walter Bowne and Joseph Lewis
Harter.
Nelson; Says
Plants Rolling
WPB Chairman Avers
Industries Start
Valuable Era
NEW YORK, April 4--Don-ald
M. Nelson, chairman of the
war production board, asserted
Saturday night that "America's in
dustrial plant is really beginning
to roll" and "a new era of management-labor
cooperation is de
veloping, which will prove of im
mense value to the entire nation."
Although he admonished that
"this la no time for easy "opti
mism," Nelson asserted in a pre
pared address at an Army day
banquet of the Military Order of
the World War that "we have not
yet done the impossible but we
are doing it"
In a detailed review of the prog
ress of the nation's war effort,
Nelson stressed that its relative
success thus far was still dwarfed
by the fact that "it is the biggest
job, bar none, that this or any
other country ever tackled at any
time in history. It is so huge that
we can break every record we
ever made and still fall short of
the need."
Rail Engines,
Cars Frozen
WASHINGTON, April 4-ff)
The government Saturday froze all
finished railroad locomotives,
freight and passenger cars in the
hands of producers and took full
control over future production and
deliveries. v
At a meeting witth industry
representatives next -Wednesday,
the war production board will es
tablish production quotas, prob
ably eliminating manufacture of
passenger cars entirely.
Production of a limited number
of engines and about 18,000 addi
tional wooden freight cars will be
permitted under the pending
quotas, WPD officials said. Many
of the locomotives are due for ex
port. . . ; .... .;,, -,
The curtailment program, or
dered despite increasingly serious
transportation problems, wae
xorced by shortages of critical
particularly steel plates,
WPB spokesman explained. :
ItetoWorky
s
ow
PORTLAND, Ore, April 4-ff
Saturday night he had Arrested
wlftinTT who got tired
521 ur and made
Sn,?-.0'? 01 tte "Portatton
compjmy, busses to keep from be
ing late to work,
JJffcu was Involved in a rnin-
ctarfesli Vet -set
at $2500 each.
I4Iay Attend :
rfSIS 'Ara -(CanadIaa
Minister W.UMae!
fSf considering making
week to attend a meetic ci S,
Pacific council.
Couple 7ill TTcd
Edwin Derrick, 24 Portin,
nd Barbara-, Mer 25 Sf.m
have bn f.em.
Draftees
Boy
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