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Service Men Out boys of Salem and vicinity art la uniform wilh Unci Sam over the face af .the globe. Follow them dally la The Statesman 'Service Men column. KSITTY-CECOHD YEAB Nazis Yank Tanks Scd . . . , i Reds Struggle Against Wedge In Novorossisk West Front Yields To Enemy Tanks; . Toll TaVen By EDDIE GILMORE , MOSCOW, Wednesday, Sept. 9-vFVGerrnan tanks and air planes have punched another hole in Russian defenses west of Stalin gradr but the red army Continued to repulse nazi on slaughts southwest of that im perilled Volga river , city, the - aoviets announced officially early Wednesday. - . In the Caucasus outnumbered soviet defenders continued to fight ' stubbornly against a nazi wedge driven into Novorossisk, the Black tea naval base, and for the sec- . end straight day the Russians re ported local successes in grim fighting at Mozdok, 60 miles west of the Gronzy oil fields. V - : The German break -through In one sector immediately west of StaUngrad was the second In ". ta many days. The eommanlane aid It occurred la a narrow sector" where soviet - artillery f first held Its ground firmly bat was. forced to withdraw to new : j positions after-fresh nasi tanks and. infantry tnpported by air- planes were thrown .Into the fight ' ' ." Y - vrhe 'Germans . also- attempted - til day Tuesday to capture a pop ulated, place west of ' Stalingrad "with alternating success, ;the communique said.'-' The Germans lost five tanks and about 450 men In this engagement ;; YY: l ' Southwest ; of Stalingrad the ; Russians ' said the Germans tried to out-flank red army, positions, but were beaten off , with one German infantry company . anni hilated and nine nazi tanks dis- ' abled. .. . . - No fighting was reported on the - northwestern approaches to Stal ingrad. , t ,'.':'- - . Soviet naval artillery, men were : In action in . the defense of No vorossisk on the Blacks sea coast - where the Germans apparently f had failed to widen, a wedge (Turn to Page S, Column 7) W. Townsend Dies at 69 I ? In Hospital Watson Townsend, , employe of the Oregon' state highw.ay depart ment since; 1921 and office engi neer for the maintenance division since 1928, died at Salem Deacon ess hospital Tuesday, afternoon. He was 69 years old. , - - Lately in poor health, Town- send had been in the hospital for . ten "days- ':' ' .' - : ' -; : " . -Y r ; "A fine man and an excellent .employe,, Towxisend; was 'termed Tuesday Tiiiht by B.-f H. Baldock, the City "council,- ir, 1?28 by ap- pointment and was twice there - the sixth wardYHe djd nofr run for reeiecaon at we.ciose oj; nis f W?f - second f our-year termj which, x- fired at the end of 1334. , Before -entering the highway department. Townsend was for a snorx uzne uxy engineer 01 vma- ha. Neb. - . r ; .surviving, are vie wiaow, jars. Katharine Townsend; .! daughter, . Surviving: are the widow, Mrs. Mrt. Margaret Millard, and a rrandson. Sandy Millard, all of Salem; and two sisters, Mrs. Irena uimmngcam a n u ira. oupui Townsend. both of Portland. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Cloush-Barrick company. Real Estate Test Is Here Thursday laminations for real . estate brokers and real estate salesmen T. iU be held in Salem Thursday cr.4 in' Portland Friday, Oaude I.Turihy, state, real estate commis AFproxlmately . 13 applicants v, iU write ia Ealem and between n and CO fa Portiand.; . The examinations Will be con-1 ( '1 lv tie ttstt "rcal-e5t3 ... r- chief lengineer for , thfr highway minimum hourly pay of city street - " j" v-- League oi .uregon,, represenung commission;' ' z Z . U.t4: - t r :' f 7 . employes 68 cents; a' change de. :e?c?d long-distace freight haulers :bf r Townsend became V member of staled to rive.that itrouo Satur- iftu?1V aVh the state-. ; .:Yf YA" i Punch NmiMole : : French Plant Bombing Is Promised WASHINGTON, Sept. tA) SCIIItary plants' located in France and useful to the Ger mans "will be bombed at every opportunity," Pierre Laval has -been told in reply to his protest aaainst past American bomb ing of towns far occupied France. Tho state department issued this' announcement late Tues day: - The American' charge d'af faires in Vichy; ' S. Plnckney Tuck, was called . in yesterday by Monsieur Laval (Vichy chief of government), who said that in the recent bombing of Havre . and Kooen by combined mili tary forces of the United Na tions a number of 'people were killed and others wounded and that he, Monsieur Laval, desired to enter a protest to the Amer ican . government, since ' it was reported some American fliers participated. . ' "Mr. Tack's Immediate re ply was that these air forces were bombing military plants in the employ or Germany ana that of course the Americans do not desire to see French people suffer1 any. more than can - be avoided, since they have al ready suffered to an incalcula ble extent under German occu pation, but that Monsieur Laval must be assured that the mili tary plants operated by or for Germany and ether German military properties in'. France win bo bombed at every oppor tunity ta the future." t Council Talks "I Of RliU Fumes Dimout and Gutter Violations Are : Penalized . Papermfll sulphur fumes rose in Salem city council meeting Tues day night after 18 months' burial and a resolution requiring the city attorney to take action to abate the "nuisance" was; referred to the health and sanitation commit tee for study and recommenda tion. ;' ';. v-' . . ; . Likened by Alderman - Charles Heltzel to a lldless garbage can on the city's front lawn, the fumes to some folk smell like "bread and butter" Alderman C. F. French declared as he urged investigation before a vote on Heltzel's resolu tion: 'At the request of. Council man' Frank Marshall,' Mayor W. W. Chadwick asked City Recorder Hannah . Martin ; Hanzen to seek ot Oregon Cities ods used by oth- from the League a report on methods er municipalities in dealing with similar- problems.- i Without argument and -with only ' brief discussion,' the council moved rapidly , through the; re j malnder' of i the - night's business, 1 approving a resolution' making the day afternoons off withoutaj Cut fa pay; formally named the "street Loth ot JSissibn "Ford"; approved f removal from removal front the emergency fundlnVST. J"; ir , J : to the pubUc playground, fund J?Z AflfV 14577 topay .the" pity's half oflJc pieiJl lUUl (Turn to Pago 2, CoL' 1) ixv Tl - " Draft Directors 11 1 t LOHSUier JODS I . ' w I :. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8VF) Selective service directors of five i wcsiera m ub uw-uu- element committee .of .the war manpower commission met . in closed sessions Tuesday on matters concerning withdrawal and re placement of vital workers in war industries of the .west It was exnected a definite ool - ley might be established in regard to drafting of key, highly-skilled - - w - - workers in war clants. Heretofore Monday 8 esther . l.OmiJ UUM tft sua. . EhrerJToesfay tt. Ey army request weather, forecasts are wliMeU an! trerture laV draft boards have adhered "f8""" J pansco, treasur- chapters met;Tuesd2y ia'Corval to no specific policy fa taking er acisco Erewmg cor- Ks., .From Marion ccnty chapter Itmedmen WhodabVreplaced g"; Jw executive itrftfrlfnvtrainte" Saem, president Snlcci Brewing secretary, and Mrs. Che-icr Lu- -1 "rr" -,-" - lassociauon; tlcrris Rosauer, 5po-ther chairman" of the camp tni 5 re 'ffligh -. . Desert Stream With German Victim Tanks US Forces Defeat Greater Force , Without Deaths CAIRO, Sept. 8-iP)-Observ- ers in desert battlefields strewn with wreckage of Marshal Er- win Rommel's latest frustrated lunge toward' the Nile reported Tuesday American tanks knocked out more than their own number of axis tanks in their first engagement .without I suffering a single fatality. One American tank crew was credited with demolishing five German tanks. - vi - . American heavy bombers, co operating- with the' RAF, raided Suda Bay, Crete, Monday, head quarters of the ; US army air force" in the middle east. Large . - j, ... explosions : and fires were ob served along the jetties and one ship caught fire, The airdrome near Sada also was heavily bombed. No figures were; available on the number 'of enemy tanks put out of operation by Americans or their more numerous British and imperial' allies, in the engagement I ioined bv axis forces August 31. (However, Wendell Wnikie de clared,' on bis arrival in Turkey after an eyewitness tour of the Egyptian - desert battlefields that Rommel had lost " 100 of his 290 first-lint tanks, was deprived of 40 per cent of his punch." and 'is in a hole." : - (Willkie, traveling as a special representative of President Roose velt, declared the truth of St great allied victory in Egypt had not been made public, and this state ment was made against a back ground of extreme reserve main tained by the allies throughout recent. actions by axis forces. The statement followed Willkie's as sertions at a Cairo press confer ence to the effect censorship in Egypt is too severe to allow tell ing of the full story.) For" 4H Opens Without flags, flurry . or fans from the general public Oregon's "little state fair? opens today with arrival of 4H exhibits at the state I fairgrounds. Discouraged from; attending I other features the show, that part of the general public interested in buying, animals in. the fat stock show auction is invited to attend Friday morning at 10o'clock, .4H officials said -Tuesday. . Judging of crops, garden, home! economlcs and other duh projects , is scheduled for -Thursday I 7 v - - - . .... t I ; , Y Y .. ., ,. . ;i SnlAiTl r KrAWPTtV . : . SEAT.TLE. Sent 8-MVFive brewing , firms and associations and a number of Individuals were fined a total of more than 16000 Tuesday by Federal Judge John C. Bowen upon their pleas of nolo contendere to two counts of an j indictment charging violation of Sherman anti-trust act YY - The Golden Age Breweries, Inc, ZSFZLP1 B2itWeinhard comDany and the Salem Brewing association were fined $1000 e a eh and the San l ca ' w w hiii 1 nivwinv 1111 run miiiiii 1 wix a iiiri 1 ai.iu. t nSft: W,, 'i Fnes '?5J0Jwfe Z! e tct T' . - kane, former vice president and general manager Golden Age Breweries; Henry W, Wesslnger, Portland,'; president Elitz-Wein-j hard " company, a n d Joseph M.I Ecthcliild, Portland, . vice presi- Today POUNDS Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, September 9, 1S42 Ahead . 1 If Ik a: L CLARENCE C. DUX Tops Washington race Coc1c,A T AoJIo Utao3III JJUttUO Election Race Ellender and Ball Renominalion Apparent ' By Tb Associated Press Apparent, renomination of Sen. Allen Ellender in Louisiana and the! lead , of Sen. Joseph H. Ball in': Minnesota -over an opponent who : charged he misrepresented his constituents sentiments by his support of pre-war administra- tion policies were the-prime re turns from primary elections in seven states Tuesday night. Gov. Harold E. Stassen, who plans to enter the navy next spring, and his candidate for lieu tenant governor and . successor, farmer Ed Thye, also took early lea? ; in .the Minnesota republican vonng.- Ellender, former lieutenant of the late Huey. P. Long, piled up a commandrng.leadf in the Louisi ana democratic primary, where nominatlonr 'means - election.- ' , Rep; Charles. A. Plumley, Ver (Turn" to Page 3 CoL- 6 - Oregon Fuel igimp tOY Begin .Today POJtTLAN D, Sept .Householders will register in 29 Oregon cities Wednesday in a sur vey to determine how much fuel is needed to keep homes warm this winter. . The signup, to be voluntary, will be concluded at rationing boards. It will continue for four days. Householders will declare the amount of fuel on. hand, and the amount yet needed. Y.; Y Y : Result of the survey will be turned over to the OPA, which is seeking a - solution of the . fuel ishortage.- Y:! I ? Y; Salem's fuel registration will be in the ration board offices on the second floor of the city halL " , ; "TVs nlf 41 VF l uvikvl O - T v j Pay PORTLAND t Snt. : "ft-jPV-Vol- tary pay increajses for approxi- matW i2n6-HvrJ wire rantd Tuesday by , the Truck 'Operators The announcement, made Joint- :iy by James Scudder of the league local 162 of the Teamsters' union. said 'Jong-distance drivers would receive, up tq S9.oo iqr aij, eignx- nour trip ajii delivery drivers em- I ployed by the firms within Port- land, -up to 17.50 for an eight hour day,' an advance of SO cents from the previous levels. 1 The contract calling; for the old scale does not expire until next I March. Its revision was termed an evidence of !Tne - Jrienoiy re- lationship between the league and I me union." - Red Cross Talks T . Yt foron Avlniv lVffT3 VU, JT UtLLl 11 ccua 1 Jeeo . ta ..furnishing of day i , . , , .pospltai supplies ior Camp Adair were discussed when yTOuauves vi 51 fceu I hospital committee. At a meeting of chapter dlrec tors here last weekend, KUion Myers' was named as one cf the official delegates frora the chap- j ter for the Adair care? and hos- As If ; ?f - - akzz i v CV rx y On 'Xy oto if i 0?M , 01 p 1 IS) 1CS1 Japg --IMlliie Bay Force -DesUroyed. Allied Haime; ro US and Britain Complete Plan, Global War New Troops in Iraq; China Expects "Jap - Raid on Siberia By FRED VANDERSCHMIDT Associated Preas War Editor Solid proof of allied power in the Middle East which may very soon be at the direct disposal of the . Russians . came Tuesday night from the highest and best informed sources. v For the global war as a whole it was disclosed that US-British planning was complete by the end of last July, when General. Mar shall and Admiral King, heading the US army and navy, completed ten days of decision-making in London. , .Even as this was announced, it was increasingly apparent that intrigue was boiling at both ends of the Berlin-Tokyo alliance. s German , propaganda levied a vicious attack at Sweden, accusing the northern neutral of sheltering a fountain-head of communist propaganda. This may presage im portant military developments in the far north of Europe, such as the long-feared German drive to control the whole Scandinavian peninsula with the object of bar ricading Russia completely on the north. . Y - TYY Yrr-YY4 Chungking was tense with ex peeta& Japan is going to at tack Siberia at any moment, tt being reported the Kremlin had rebuffed new Japanese territor ial demands. ' Other observers feared the Jap consolidation m China meant something else: Perhaps heavy reinforcement of the revived front in the south west Pacific islands, perhaps at tack on India, perhaps an offen slde from the enemy footholds in the Aleutians. ' Y Winston ChurchflL in' a confi- dent war review to the house of commons, revealed: s ; , The British tenth army In Per-1 sia and Mesopotamia ' (Iran' ' and chutes contain food, ammunition. Iraq) is - being strengthened on and medical supplies for your dis ground and in air with the idea it integrated enemy. They also con-J may bolster the Russian left flank tain pep talks from Tojo saying if the Germans break through the Caucasus. The British and allied fighters the Egyptian desert, built into a new army with 40,000 to '50,000 troops which were brought around the cape in a fleet of American ships, is stronger than ever; it has pressed back and grieviously dam aged the -Rommel Africa corps with an unprecedented array of artillery and with complete super iority all this despite the loss of 80.000. men fa Libya and Egypt earlier in the year. In a tough, optimistic report to the house of commons, he sum - moned the United Nations to new offensive action andrcalled the allied attack on Dieppe "an indis - Densable to reliimnary- to full-scale operatkaas? in westenf: Europe.' ' ' He , disclosed' that "complete - arreemcnt' on War policy , and. war 'plans had been reached by- Britain and the ITS as early the end of Jaly, i Tuesday morning's White House announcement disclosed the. American delegation for the July conferences included Gen.4fGeorgef C. Marshall, army chief of staff, Adm. Ernest J. King, crannaiider - in-chief of the fleet; and Harry Hopkins, the president's personal - a- C4mKm ITavl-v presidenfa secretary, was in Lon - ences with Brendan Bracken, the British T" iti of public informa tion. AP Sijrna T7ilh Guild NET7 TORK; Sept oH?VBep? resentatives ef the Associated Press and the American Newspa - per guild Tuesday signed a new contract covering employes of the LTi I.'ew York office, effective ber I for .a one - year - pe - nod. - - Lczca .n: ALEAirr, Crs Sept 8-tiVTha left arm cf Merlin VTairrley, 13, route two, Albany, was ar:j-;i below the elbow Tuesday after a rifle he was inrpecting acc;Jl;r.J 1-' ly CzztzrZ'.i. .TBatftle Done Froii Air Where Japs ASAU Disclosure thai a Japanese landing rVY ;; ; KQKooa ::"::iiMnrrDvrri rLssss i Ivors' Syr.. ' - SO liUp-HSHHS-S-StSp SjJjilO. been practically destroyed was the most favorable news from Gen. MaeArthnr's headquarters - fas Australia. this morning. Ground flrhttmr was static bat allied planes struck the enemy in tho vi cinity ef Kokoda .(B). Torpedo bombers struck at Jap warships la the area ef Normanby and Trobriand islands, shown above te the northeast ef Milne bay. Associated Press Telemat. . M arine Tells . Tale Of Day Waiting Jap (Editor Note: Th' following report on aa Incident la tho lives of marines defending' Uteir positions tai'Uie Solomon Inlands was written by a marine corps combat reporter and released Tuesday by tho navy depart 1 ment In Washington.) r,.-.. ' . V Bj SGT. JAMES W. HURLBUT GUADALCANAL Solomon The thriU that comei once '; : After you've spent a weelc on a tropical island recapttired from the Japanese word comes through one. morning that an enemy eounter-attack is expected during the night ahead. You can't know whether it will come by land, sea, or. air, so you spend the entire day earnestly Im- proving on your foxhole. At noon you climb into said foxhole while the six enemy bombers make their midday court esy call and exchange cards' with your anti-aircraft. You climb out I on the all dear to learn the planes. have dropped tiny parachutes. The I help is on the way soon. So you put some more improvements on th 'foxhole. . : Y - i After another, short . rest via the foxhole while the Jap subs . off the-beach lob, a few five ; tnchers In -.your eneral direc-'. tion, yea clamber out nd pat In an hoar tr two cleaning your; pistol and rounding ap all y our - ajnanniUion. . v "t Y ?-Y . A few minutes before dusk, the (CO (commanding officer) gathers I the gang around and passes the: I word H that several unidentified (transports have been sighted on 1 the horizon.- He gives quiet in- I structions on repelling; tte.mvad lers and making every shot count l. You retire to the general neighs borbood of ;the old foxhole , and vldevote half ;your mind to figuring the ( speed, of transports, sod ; the other: half td resolving' to do the best you can as long as you can. The telephone rings sharply., me officer resnonds to its . ominoiis j summons. He - turns around anq I. calls cwarplyj-YrY . ' fl' I "Ships have been identified, as American destroy ers carrymg ground crew personnel for thea tfieldf : V s . I . ph. boy,.-, J .. J A ft . fTir1B - Big Forays i LONDOIT,' Sept -CT) -The BAF seat heavy forces of bomb era - across the English ' channel Tuesday night tf te r Boston I Douglas) .bombers, fa t two sepr J arate operations, had blasted the j docks at Le Havre and Cherbourg 1 from whlcn nazi suhmannes sometimes operate. r Two cf tie escorung cshters f were musing after the attacks n Le Havre ani -- Cherbourg, but there was car mentioa . cf losses tncn3" tie bcnberS."' r.Y: : 'A coastal command plane "sliot 1 down a German plane ; eff the southwest coast of Easlan j Thurs day.- : s ; ; The Esrlla radio said to Erit- ich plir.es flew over Gerar.y fa Price 5c Hit, Are Hit SOUTHEASTERN NEW GUINEA TSOMIAND tS , 1) ' v5 -s-. ,rnoufsow m: fb1 2 force of 700 at Milne bay (A) has Island on Attack Islands, August (Delayed) lifetime Bus IProblems; Face Schools Team Transportation . Probed; Teacher ' Changes Okehed Notice that . war-created trans- portation stringencies may mean that the coming , season may be the last "on the roadt for Salem high school football and basket ball teams . "for the duration1 was given, the school board by Supt Frank B. Bennett Tuesday night Train service to several of the cities in which' toe Vikings are accustomed to play Is not avail able, the superintendent pointed out, and no assurance can be had of . room for athletic squads 04 regular faterurban busses. Both chartering of commercial busses and use of school busses for trips by athletic teams are forbidden under war conservation rules.- - The Question of how the com ing year's football-and basketball (Turn to Page 2, col ) oiin WASHINGTON, Sept. I.-4?V- US.naval casualties . reported - to next kin in the period August! i3 to 30 s Inclusive, totaled 437, the navy department announced Tues day night ' ? - . . The total including pCTsonnei of the navy, marine corps and coast guard, was made up of 103 dead, 17 wounded and 317 missing. .; These figures raised the an nounced naval . casualties for . the war to date to 3698 dead. 943 wounded and 8269 ml s s i n c- grand total of 12J10. y ' WASHINGTON, Sept Vr The navy department Tuesday re leased its casualty list No. II, cov ering the period from August 13 to August 30 inclusive. ' , The Oregon list included one dead, one woimded and four miss ing. They Include: -Y ' l Wounded Thomas ' G. Jcncs; gunners mate, first ' class,- tavy l,Irs. Dolores ; Jones, 377 Young street, VTocdL'Jxn, wifa. Ytdward Jsnes Frye, sen cf Ilr, and lirs. Adam W Fryei cf Ca km, also hs tsen wcundei whUa ca active duty fa' the navy, ac cording to word received by the r-iirents. Ills whereabouts had not (ecu cLc.ccd Complofo7 YeeH find do newspaper can give mora real satisfac tion than four local mora In paper, with Its WORLD NEWS flat IIOXX COM MUNITY NEWS. No. 122 o 9 Six Miles From Gap ; Widespread Fightlnj Unusual; Japs Hit : Iilne Bay Again GEN. Mae ARTHUR HEADQUARTERS. Austra. Ka,f Wednesday, Sept. t Af) a Japanese landinf force of 700 has been prac tically destroyed at Biilnia b a y in sontheastern Ncir, ' Gnfaiea, ' and allied torpedeV beatbers ' and fighter planea : j probably damaged a destroy er in attacks off the Trobriand '. islands north of there, a communW " que announced Wednesday. Y. While the ground fighting Isv the Kokoda-Myola. - sector, - lest than CO miles from Port Mores, by, was described as static, allied? . bombers scored heavily on tht . Japanese coastal base of . BunaV which feeds the Kokoda saliecftV An allied spokesman said -Japanese, still were held on tbt nprth side of the Owen Stanley mountain range about 2000 feci below "the gap.", which Is vir tuaily the only pass trail througH ;tne rugged mountains. This tight ing area is. estimated to be stiu fsix miles from "the gap Y . ' ..fighter planes also bombed and 1 strafed Japanese, positions in thlsj area, which is near 6000-foot call leading through the Owen Stan tey jn,ti:jloreahy4. fTXTnusuar widespread flgbi fag both at sea and oa land la the New Guinea , area marked the day's development, and fof the first time alUed use of tor pedo bombers - was aaeBttoaeoV ' These were Australian-made " Brlstels and Beaaforts and they made three separate attacks la the Normanby-Trobriand island area off the southeastern coast. Here was the situation by sec tors as reported fa the latest com munique: Y - ('.l' i-l Milne bay "Enemy grot: farces have now practically beet destroyed. His ft n e enemy's casualties are esumaiea- i ti proximately 700 and comprise. Kure No. 8 landing force. ? - T This Japanese group probably)' was named after the Kure navai base near Nagasaki," Japan. ' " . (Turn to Page f. Cot 6) ; f . m 7 'iii7'"ini iniiiiii iiiiii ioi 1 '11? "t ''"-'' 1 .'. . - 1 .... - ;. - ,v t . ..-?. Y i V 5' FundAUotmerii oii : W USO .Gjnter; Fight Step Only action now required to put ' Salem's USO center into a fed erally-proyided . building for th ' duration is allotment of the need ed funds by the federal budget bue-. reau, Harry H. Stoops, regional : 1 recreation representative for : thd . federal security agency, declared . -here. Tuesday night t r Y-r- - t, - : The declaration followed fCo' eelpt - by . Gov. Charles , A Spragae and various Salem ehrte leaders of messages from Scat Charles LI JIcNary t tht efect that the presllent had apprereo- -a Salem project amounticS . . te' apnwximately $12:y,' . -.That the approved funds iwoul " be used for renovation of the i J lem American Legion, home, ncflt ; used by the USO under a temper-: ary arrangement with the Legion and for rent payments during tb ftrst year of occupancy was uner stood by w. H. Cxawiord ttat tary ' of the - Oregon Economit- (Turn to Page S, CoL4) : , TVlal Blackout C Sriipxises Dostba- - BOSTON. Septii-Densel populated metropolitan Bos to 0 underwent ite . first surprise SC minute ..test blackout Tuesc&? niit and It came with such sud denness that many cf the l,?ca,CC5 persons fa .the 41 cities and towsj thought it was the real thing.' ' However, the only casualty it ported was the collapse, cf a Erl- -Lh merchant - seaman,- who tzH lost his entire tz."f la r.rij twh!r.rs cf Lcrdoa. The t:Z; j dropped uncehsciouJ ia ths tt. ;.3 fa Scoll ay square whsa the sircr.3 . sound ?d unaware that it vas-t3 ly a przc-:3 d.. t