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LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER.
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EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1937.
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SB BEAT
REGOVEHT HOW
RIVER TOUCHES
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On First aa
Play Of Game ;
Leather
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SSr.TON STADIUM, Se-
Nov. 20-(Special) T h i s
La concrete horseshoe stadium
comparatively few hardy
itSall fans who were here saw
fhty University of Washing
B (ootbaU team do everything
d to bring down Oregon's ln-rf-out
eleven to the tune of a
l-lo-O score. -
Xot that the day wasn't good for
ntbilL It was perfect A bril
ut iw broke through heavy
ouds early Saturday morning to
7 off streets which had been
. inr a solid 72 hours and start-
fc i great rush of fair-weather
os toward tne uckci doouis.
Miller Gallops 68 Yards
Tie 19,000 spectators had hard-
got settled in their seats before
asky Merle Miller, on the first
limmage play of the game,' gal
ad 68 yards around the Web-
ftt light end to place the ball
Ooegon's five-yard line. !
lie big Husky machine wasted
fc line in smashing over a score,
Eler diving over three plays
Vjs. The touchdown was made
I exactly two minutes after the
jtsil kickoff. Twice more they
fcilked points up in their half of
:t score sheet, making two points
0 i safety when big Bud Erick
a blocked an Oregon punt be
hd the goal line, and six more
1 the fourth quarter in a sus-
fciwd 52-yard drive, requiring
it eight plays.
It was an extremely Interesting
ill game from the spectators'
dot of view. Despite the poo
M-hg of the Oregon eleven,
tics seemed powerless to do
cything right long enough to
aie it count for anything, ; the
pe was hard fought, with the
Moots showing vast improve
wit over earlier games in the
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Sill DAY
Under th - r -e
Wl the Red Cross roU call
irang well under way 'this
tThe ttgrnbership campaigh
expected to be completed by
a end of this week by the Lane
Cj raapter of the Red Cross.
Hf rou caU began Armistice day
I me aawmown
pa ire being seen for special
r A second sniinit-t;,,., ...;n i
t . - ""..WMUll Will UC
J e Red Cross from the
ZZZ. e results from 'the
-Wraty under the Y. W. C. A.
Wry g00d a"ordlng to
"fled Cross office.
4 can be , cleaned up by Satur
ib ,1 r 20' Ma"y workers
.,J0utand "hough it is
SESSION GOAL
!N WASHINGTON
Conferences, Debate, , Talk
All Indicate Trend ,
Of Solons .
REFORM SIDETRACKED
No Definite Program Is Yet
. Produced; Budget Is
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......... Wiltshire engraving.
EVERY father of every University or Oregon student will receive
a personal invitation to attend the annual "Dad's Day" week
end on the campus December 3 and 4. This year, with no big grid
games or other distractions, students will devote the entire week
end to showing "Dad" a real time, collegiate style. Students shown
above, members of the committee, are, left to right Elizabeth
Turner, Portland, who has charge of registration; Jack Lorkrldse,
Long Beach, Calif., campus promotion, and Rita Wright, Condon,
publicity chairman. ....
Oregon Dads Week-End
On Campus Set Dec. 3
I TO BUSINESS
IS MEM NEED
By JOHN LEAR
Associated Press Staff Writer
A dozen leading economists last
night offered suggestions for end
ing the current slump in business
activity. .
: The gist of them was:
"Do something to encourage
An intimate glimpse into campus
life as it really is, without the
glamor of such collegiate things as
big-time football games and their
attendant rallies, will be accorded
fathers of University of Oregon
students December 3, 4 and 5,
when the eleventh annual "Dad's
Day" week-end will be held, it was
announced here Saturday by Wil
liam H. Cummings.'Medford; stu
dent chairman for the event
- Not another major event other
than those directly relating to
"Dad's Day" will be on the pro
gram for the three days, and in ad
dition, special affairs have been
planned so that the fathers will
business.'
What form the encouragement part for home with a reai knowl.
edge of what the campus is and
would take was a matter of de
bate, but sentiment was stjrong
for these points: . . i
1. Abolish the tax on undistrib
uted profits. .
2. Revise or abolish the tax on.
capital gains. .
3. End "government competi
tion" with business.
4. Bolster public confidence by
definitely indicating an intention
to balance the budget
Actual immediate balancing of
the budget was not essential to
recovery, a-majority of the eco
nomists said, although a few dis
agreed. Some credited the budget's
existing "unbalance as-a -cause of
the recovery in business after the
depression. . v
Among economists who contrib
uted their views in a questionnaire
were David Friday of Washington;
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale; James
H.-R. Cromwell of New Jersey;
Col. Leonard P.:Ayres of Cleve
land; Dr. Willford I. King of New
York university; B. M.. Anderson,
economist for the Chase National
Bank, and Dr. Reid L. McClung
of the University of Southern
California. I
' KILL 150 ELK
BAKER, Nov. 20. VP) Whitman-National
Forest hunters killed
150 elk in the season which ended
Friday.
peff Tells Of Port Or ford
'Lost Meteor'; Last Seen 1859
U7&.ip
SeAr.. 31 JJirector of
Jf encan Meteor Society
K""6 oen received for
i?.ththu8e meteorite
Ptfc nM vt0, be embedded in
F tort Vf i' , Wlthin 40 miles
P 13 Uttle
A mat tt,. . -'-cvi uie suo
3! Jr..meteorite exists, but
hi the ouestinn
fiUIb cfIrnment logist
ki. came arrn tw.. v
"i !,'i!stima;ed that fullv 25 .
J--' cre above irroiinrf
iy er te-mt t0 New York
TB.L?,V.lina where an-
L TP m 'i'onicd to the
tW i. "".Ml IdU
'JL'k o' PaII"ite- This
CSiT 5Urtne crys-
t. fo ound a fine
to exist is in the Imperial Mineral
Cabinet in Vienna. The original
mass is known in scientific writ
ings in' America and Europe as
the Lost Port Orford Meteorite.
Recently Dr. H. H. Nininger of
Denver, president of the' Society
for Research on Meteorites, has
given the writer permission to so
licit the aid of the press in the
how the students live, it is pointed
out. ii . ;
' This year, in place of a grid
game, Saturday afternoon will be
devoted entirely , to a huge "open
house" affair, it is announced. The
new university buildings especially
will be centers of activities. In
the new $465,000 library, a struc
ture now the pride of the entire
state, special book exhibits will
be held. In' the new, up-to-the-minute
physical education plant
gymnastics, wrestling, boxing and
other exhibitions will be staged in
the various spacious rooms. Po
tential Olympic swimmers will
splash in the new natatorium. !
Saturday evening "Dad" will
have the opportunity of watching
the youngsters at play, at the an
nual sophomore informal dance in
McArthur court. Preceding- this
event, ? fathers may accompany
their sons and daughters at a play
in the university theatre, or at a
basketball game in which the var
sity will play Portland university.
As usual, the annual "Dad's Day"
banquet will be the main event
Saturday evening at 5:30 The an
nual mass meeting of the father's
organization will be held Saturday
morning. Sunday fathers will be
honored at church services, and at
noon will be favored guests at liv
ing organizations. ,
By KIRKE Lv SIMPSON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. W
A recession and election-conscious
special session of congress, called
to-expedite New Deal long range
social and economic planning ob
jectives, disclosed in its first week
an urgent desire to make recovery,
not reform, its goal.
It'popped up in committees
where party leaders strove to urge ; i .
some part of the president's legis
lative program through parliamen
tary snarls. It featured off-stage
conferences between high ranking
White House aides and congres
sional visitors. It doubtless was re
flected in such indirect contacts as
President Roosevelt himself had
with legislative captains despite
the tooth ailment that kept him
away from his desk most of the
week.
No Ideas Tet
Yet it all produced no definite
idea of what to do to bolster falter
ing business. An overwhelming
congressional sentiment to over
haul New Deal tax policies ran
head-on into budget balancing dif
ficulties. .
That is where the political shoe
pinches. Congress is ready for tax
slashing moves to aid business but
has found no other sources of rev
enue to fill that gap. It is con
fronted by a warning from Senator
Harrison, chairman pf the senate
finance corfttnittee and likely lead
er of the tax tavision drivt next
session, that too hasty action might
force resort to a manufacturers
sales tax and to levying upon low
income groups never before reach
ed. ' ' Senate Debates
The senate closed a week of talk
fest tactics to stall off a vote on
the anti-lynching bill with Intima
tions that some step might . be
taken there soon to assure business
and the country that tax revision,
budget balancing and any other
possible action to reverse the re
cession cycle would be given right
of way in the regular session.
Possibilities of attaching tax re
vision' riders to unrelated house
measures were explored; but with
warnings house jealousy of its rev
enue initiation rights would com
pel the : senate 'to- wait on - house
action. . ... .i t
In '. the anti-Iynchlng debate,
Wiltshire engraving,
a snowmobMe, to be
X purchased by the Ski I.anfors this winter, yon ride to the top of the hill and then slide back
on the "suicide slippers." This picture shows one of the machines with tho passenger sled attached
to the rear. , . . .
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P LAWN ED BY MAYO H
CHRISTMAS SEAL
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Snowmobile Will Be
Bought By Ski Club
An unbiased arbitration board,
composed of local professional
men, loomed Saturday night as
a possible solution of the labor
difficulties confronting local po
lice and the barbers' union.' .
Mayor EUsha Large met Friday
with a committee representing the
barbers local 873 to discuss the
appointment of an arbitration
board to settle - the four-month
dispute between the barbers' union
and the City barber shop, owned
by A. W. Brumwell. , ' " .
The union has picketed the
shop since last July when. Brum
well refused to advance his prices
in accordance with the: union's
scale. ..': i '
The difficulties came to a head
eurly- Friday morning when un
identified vandals smashed shop
windows by hurling a pipe and a
rock virtually under the nose of a
special policeman. Cliff Lyons, the
officer on duty, was a : former
picket and is a member of the
Teamsters' union. ,
Judging it "unwise" to disclose
the names of the special police as
signed to watch the City barber
shop for window smashers, Chief
of Police C. F. Bergman said Sat
urday night that "We don't want
another case like we had yester
day.'1 He referred to the admission
of Special Policeman Cliff Lyons
that he was a former picket and
a member of the Teamsters' union.
"We are going to keep the
names of .the .special men. a se
cret," said Chief Bergman. "We
believe in this case that such se
crecy is justified. We have three
men on duty at the barber shop,
but Lyons is not one of them."
One Church In Eugene With 5
Bells, One Spire-One Sinnar!
It takes all kinds , of people to make the world; and so it takes
all- kinds of names to make a telephone directory, muses Dan
Stewart following an entertaining persual, of the new "phone book,"
out for' Lane county. Mr. Stewart has some interesting informa
tion to offer on this "what's .in a name" business.
"There are many different names
in the book and some of them just
seem to belong to certain groups.
If you are looking for color, you
can find 27 Browns, 10 Whites,
nine Grays, ' seven Greens, ' two
Blacks, one Blue, and one Scar
lett," Mr. Stewart reports.
And as for races and countries
there are Holland, Brazil(la), Eng
land, Ireland, all peopled with two
French, nine Scot(ts), and two
Irish.
Royalty Is Here .
Royalty is well represented in
the new book, containing four
Kings, three Princes, two Lords,
Frances Brbckman
To Be Featured in
Concert Here Dec. 5
Frances Brockman,- brilliant
young violinist, will return here
Sunday; December 5, to appear in
concert with the University of
Oregon symphony orchestra at
McArthur court
Since her graduation from the
university in 1935, Miss Brockman
has been studying at the New Eng-
Chinese Capital Is
Moved Farther Away
As Japanese Advance
SHANGHAI, Nov. 20 OP)
China moved her capital from
Nanking 750 miles farther inland
to Chungking' today as Japanese
captured Soochow, key-point of
China's "Hindenburg line." '
Japan's legions poured through
three gaps in the main Chinese
defense line, pushing. C h i n e s e
troops back' toward ' N a n k 1 n g,
about 125 miles west., .
i Foreign observers believed po
litical friction and military incom
petence were largely responsible
for China's reverses - , i
9-FODT
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SATURDAY
Water Inundates Roads In
River Loop Areas;-
Highway Dry '
DROP IS EXPECTED
Flood Stage Ncared By River
. For First Time Since '
Last April
Nationwide Drug1
Ring Is Smashed
. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 OP)
A trail that started with the
source of supply for a narcotic ad
dict in New York had led treas
ury "agents today to a series of
raids in five cities in which they
said they had smashed a nation
wide ring doing $750,000 of busi
ness yearly. ,
- Treasury officials said ' the 17
seized 'in New York, Pittsburgh,
Chicago, San Francisco and Butte,
Mont., were Importers and large
scale dealers in narcotics. Other
suspects were held.
Plans to" purchase a "snowmo
bile," a tractor-liko - machine
which is capable of traveling over
the surface of deep snows at a
speed of from five to twelve miles
an hour, wero announced Satur
day by the Ski Laufers, Eugene
ski organization, through Harry
Wright, chairman of the com
mittee in charge of plans -for the
machine. ,
The snowmobile was invented
by J. F. Davidson, formerly - of
Junction City and now of the
Leaburg area, and has been used
successfully by the Mt..; Hood
national forest service where one
is now1 in service' and another
one Is to be placed in use ' later
this year. Two more ' are being
built for the famous Sun Valley
ski area. ' - . .
' Purchase of the machine will be
financed through a membership
drive which was authorized by
the board of directors of the Ski
Laufers Saturday, Mr. Wright
said. The machine is to cost ap
proximately , S1500, which is a
special price allowed the club, by
Mr. Davidson. . ',
The snowmobile will be used in
the McKenzie area, chiefly to
transport skilers from - snowline
to the top of the pass area from
where they will ski back down
the grade, Wright said. The ma
chine drags a large sled with a
capacity of 25 persons. Special
low rates are to be charged Ski
Fire Badly Damages
: . House and Contents
Fire that started at 4 o'clock
Saturday afternoon damaged al
most beyond repair a one and a
half-story dwelling house at 301
Tenth avenue west. It is owned by
Herbert Smecd and was occupied
by F. W. Tucker and family.-
The fire originated in the flue
above a heater in the living room
and spread rapidly before the city
firemen arrived. The contents are
almost a total loss, Mr. Tucker
said. Insurance was carried on
both the building and contents. -
id, .w Vi V.r .w.lthree Earls, three Knights, one
Boston. Prior to that time she . ' , . . V-..
Salem Mills Are
. Destroyed in Fire
SALEM, Nov. 20. OP) Fire
that broke out shortly after mid
night last night destroyed the
plant of the Salem Box & Manu
facturing company and the Cope-
land lumber yard In West Salem.
The loss financially, as estimated
today by plant managers, . was
about $130,000.
The box company calculates its
loss at $95,000, with $20,000 in
surance. The Copeland company
places its loss at $35,000, all cov
ered by Insurance.
hope that wide-spread publicity cxe.'utive secretary.
may result in recovery of the lost j Some 8000 etter3 g0 jnt0
object. It seems that after all the i thg majl Monday and Tuesday to
Practically every detail Is In
resdiness for the opening of the
thirty-first annual Christmas seal
sale here next Friday, report
V, alter n. Barms, gencri mr- . nrrhMtrn. MiM Rrn-kman
. and Miss Jeannctte Calkins, ; ... . ,.., ..Svmr)honv
studied, for five years under Rex
Underwood,, who will conduct the
orchestra at Miss Brockman's con
cert. - -
Foremost among Eugeneans who
will welcome the 23-year-old art
ist upon' her arrival will be her
mother, Mrs.' A. E. Brockman,
teacher of sixth grade social studies
at Edison school. i - -
With accompaniment of the sym-
fame it has received in far-away I
places, it would be quite fitting
if an Oregonian could re-discover
this rare and valuable meteorite.
(Noti: The magazine section of
the Oregonian of November 21
will carry -a rather complete Qis
top.
be delivered Friday, each letter
containing one dollar's worth of
the seals.
The general committee for the
sale is announced this week-end,
including:' Mr. Banks, ; general
chairman; Alton F. Baker, .R. A.
Booth. Dr. C. V. Boyer, A. E.
cussion of the subject. The writer j Brandt,. Mrs. Frank L. Chambers,
will be glad to help with analyses j Fred F. Chitty, Dr. Dorothy Col
of any "suspected" specimens ' Her, Judge Fred Fisk, Dr. J. F.
readers may care to send. He has jcramer,. Miss Elizabeth Gullion,
r.e fL w ituunjoniy a scienuuc imcit&v i
snerV" ga lhe air- matter and will respect conn-1
-aita BOW Vnoum r,t Mrrnnnffnkl - '
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will play the colorful "Symphony
Espagnole" of Lalo. The matinee
program will be a highlight of the
Dad's week-end staged by the uni
versity,
Teamsters' Union
' To Organize Baker
BAKER, Nov. 20. VP) Dave
Rutz, teamsters' union organizer
who. was escorted from town last
week, declared yesterday at in
stallation of an AFL central labor
council his union would organize
Baker "whether some people like
it or not,"
Duke, one Czar(ske), and one Gay-
lord he must be a happy noble
but, alas, no Queens, Mr. Stewart
reports.
There are numerous means of
livelihood represented in the direc
tory as follows: one Shepherd,
three Scherers, three Sawyers, one
Schumaker, one Cooper,' two Bar
bers, one Carpenter, four Cooks,
one Farmer, one Tyler, one Ship
man, one Stockman, one Crook, 21
Bakers, and one Crumbaker the
last appearing to be a specialist,
Mr. Stewart decides.
There' are five Barns, one
Shed(d), one House(r), containing
one Room(e), IS Halls, three Walls,
three Couchs, and two Davenports.
In Eugene are two Drums, five
Homs, but only one Blower! For
money we yin -use four Bucks, one
Nlchol(s), and one Penn(e)y.
: There Is only one Church In
town, but It has five Bells, one
Spire(s), two Bishops, and only
one Sinnar excuse the pun. '
If thirsty you can find several
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f AGS
Screen Stars Are '
Married Saturday
LOS ANGELES, Nov. "20 OP)
Jackie Coogan, the ragged urchin
who starred with Charlie Chaplin
in the silent screen-hit, "The Kid,"
18 years ago, and Betty Grable,
blonde screen actress who has
been his sweetheart for three
years, were married today In St.
Brendan's Catholic church. The
Rev. William L. Mullane officl
ated.
Bids Received For
Power Machinery
BLACHLY, Nov. 20 (Special)
Bids for machinery to be used
in the Blachly power project were
received at a meeting at Blachly
Saturday night. The bids will be
taken under consideration and the
contract will be awarded Nov. 27,
U was said. .
The Willamette river at Eugena
was nearlng the 10-foot stage, lata
Saturday evening, with indication
it would be falling again Sunday,
eliminating danger of flood ior tha
present. Flood stage is 12 feet at
Eugene.
At 0 o'clock the river stood at
nine feet, a reading of the gauge
at the Ferry street bridge re
vealed. Waters from swollen trib
utaries were expected to cause tha
stream to continue its rise for a
short time.
. While some rain was reported
from all sections of the county,
Saturday, the fall was consider
ably less than for tho past few.
days, causing surplus water feed
ing Willamette tributaries to drop.
Water was over some of tha
side-roads between the river and
the North Pacific highway, lata
Saturday, but was nowhere near
the highway, residents of that
vicinity reported. On some section!
of "The Loop," water was said to
be running several inches deep.
This is the first time since last
April. that the river had been near
the 10-foot stage.
8TORM HITS STATE
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
. Rising rivers and blocked high
ways followed rain and snow
storms which swept Oregon last
night.
. Flood danger In the Rogue river
valley was minimized, despite
high waters, when the sun broke
through today. -Torrential
rains blocked sewers
and Inundated residential streets
at Medford. Irrigation ditches
overflowed into fields and pas
tures. At Grants Pass, unequalled No
vember records showed over nine
Inches of rain. Trout and steelhead
fishing was washed out when
waters rose five and a half feet
The Applegate river, tributary to
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Washburne Reports
Bay District Busy;
' Outlook Encouraging
Home from a business trip to
San Francisco, Carl G. Washburne,
head of the Washburne store, re
ports an optimistic feeling among
business men in that section and
the belief that the present "reces
sion". Is about over. President
Roosevelt's recent message Indicat
ing his Intention to alter taxes
which have crippled business re
serves has .had'1 a stimulating ef
fect as have numerous signs point
ing toward Industrial peace. 1 .
"A spirit of optimism now pre
vails,'-' said Mr. Washburne. "Busi
ness men with whom I talked in
Sacramento, Oakland and San
Francisco predict a holiday busi
ness which will reach and prob
ably exceed last year's record both
as to sales and employment. There
can bo no doubt that confidence
has replaced: the recent wave of
uncertainty and unrest." '
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WEATHER NEWS
Following the morning's sun
shine, a heavy shower or two of
rain poured down on Eugene dur
ing Saturday afternoon. The pre
cipitation for the day totalled .22
of an Inch., The day's maximum
temperature was quite warm,
reaching 89 degrees. The forecast
follows:
OREGON: Cloudy Sunday with!
local showers; Monday cloudy with
rain In west portion; little change
in temperature; moderate south
west wind off the coast.
LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum
temperature, Saturday, 50 degrees;
maximum temperature, Saturday,
69 degrees; precipitation to 6 p. m,
Saturday,- .22 of an inch; wind,
south; stage of Willamette river In
Eugene at 6 p. m. Saturday, 9.7
feet.
8IUSLAW TIDES: Monday:
high, 3:34 a. m., 3:11 p. m.; low,
9:28 a. m., 10:09 p. m. Tuesday:
high, 4:39 a. m., 4:13 p. m.; low,
10:35 a. m., 11:03 p. m. Wednesday:
high, 5:35 a. m., 5:23 p. m.; low,
11:44 a.m.
U. O. Student Sound Mimic Will
Be Featured On Ripley Program
By WILL THOMSON . . ,
"Believe It or Not" Howard
Lee, University of Oregon senior,
can reproduce without aid ' of
any mechanical device more bird
calls, Insect and animal calls,
yes, even reptile sounds, than any
other human being. And tonight
we have Mr. Lee in the studio
with us in New York. He has come
from Eugene, Oregon, to let you
hear a few of his 54 different
mimics of beasts and birds. And
yo't can reproduce mechanical and
street noises, too, can't you, Mr.
Lee?"
This may be the radio Introduc
tion next January for Howard
Lee, sociology student, when he
appears on the national radio Be
lleve It or .Not", program, . with
Robert Ripley.
For it is settled that he. will go
to New York, expenses paid, early
In 1938 to broadcast. .'
How national recognition oome
to U. of O s mimic is a mystery.
true to "Oregon conservatism,"
Leo baa not or been ballyhoocd.
He has been almost unnoticed and
unmentioned when he might have
long ago been heralded as an ac
complished artist and featured for
publicity purposes. .. ;
'I would like to know how I
drew Ripley's attention, myself. I
have appeared on several pro
grams, including a theater amateur
contest in Eugene and one in Port
land during the past two years,
but I didn't think anyone noticed
me, Lee modestly said.
Professor Paul E. Kiepe, of tha
University of Oregon speech de
partment, who has been helping
Mr. Lee this . fall perfect several
calls, by making phonograph
records, believes "Howard really
has something on the ball."
' "He has developed the most un
usual thing I have heard for a long
time," Mr. Kiepe said.
Hour'upon hour of the last 18
years have been painstakingly
spent, by Lee to accurately dis-
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