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ASHLAND. OREGON. THURSDAY, June 22, 1944
Thursday Bond Rally Ups
Ashland’s Sales Figures
"Jeep” Helps Save Lives of War Heroes
N u m b er 22
ANNOUNCING
NEW OWNERS
This issue of the Miner
conies to you from the new
owners, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Wines.
We feel that we are render­
ing Ashland a great service
in bringing f i n e folks and
thorough newspaper people
here to become citizens and
to carry on a work we have
cherished.
Mr. Wines has edited an
Idaho weekly newspaper for
many years, was, until his re­
cent resignation, chairman of
the Selective Service Board,
Clerk of the School District
and otherwise active In the
civic affairs of Council, Ida.
Mrs. Wines was a member
of Council high school faculty
for the past several years.
They have a family of three
fine children who will enroll
in the Ashland junior high
school this fall.
Mrs. Wines plans to assist
her husband in the Miner of­
fice.
It is with pleasure we pre­
sent to our readers, Mr. and
Mrs. Wines, and with regret
that we find It necessary to
sever pleasant relations with
all our loyal supporters. We
hope the new associations will
be altogether agreeable.
Thank you for your friend­
ship to ns and your loyalty
•to the Southern Oregon Miner
CHAS. M. GIFFEN
RUTH M. GIFFEN
Army Wives’ Club
at Ashland USO
Well Attended
Wives of both officers and en ­
listed men find the inform al cov­
ered dish luncheons, given a t the
Ashland USO Club house, F rid ay s
a t 1 p.m., a pleasant way of spend
ing an afternoon and m aking new
A real boost in th e to ta l of bonds assigned to A sh ­
friends.
land w as received here la s t T h u rsd a y m gnt when th e
Mrs. Jew ell L ockhart, director,
states she is m ost pleased over
tally ot bonu sales w as m ade follow ing tn e rally a t Vic­
the club and the wives are show ­
to ry Center, in iro n t of tn e A snland bervicemen s H on­
ing so m uch in tere st and en th u ­
siasm th a t it is p leasure to h er
o r Roll. Som e $< 0,000 w o rth of bonds w ere sold d u rin g
to have this USO ac tiv ity for
tn e evening. The q u o ta se t fo r A shland is $525,000. a
them.
Election of officers was held re ­
record crow d a tte n d e d th e g a th e rin g , d espite th e in ­
cently, w ith Mrs. Alice Lineker,
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC—“We were landing our
clem ent w e a th e r and th r e a t of rain d u rin g th e even­
wife of 1st Lt. John . Lineker, S.
big bombers after a successful raid on the Japs. Some of the planes
C.U. 1934, Ordnance C om m and
ing.
were shot up a bit. One had blown a tire and landing with the flat
Shop, Medford, as outgoing pre-
Follow ing a 30-m inute band concert, th e Rev. George be jammed the runway. There was over half the rest of the squad­
j sident. The following new officers
ron still circling and waiting to come in . . . getting dangerously low
' will s ta r t functioniing a t th e n ex t
W. B ruce opened th e cerem onies w ith an invocation, on gas. Ground crews had to clear the run* ay . . . delay could easily
' meeting.
mean crashes and deaths and injury to gallant U. S. airmen. Two
after which Cur hi« M orris, the
■ President, Mrs. Id a Kayne, w ife
Jeeps
rolled
out
from
a
revetment,
hooked
tow
bars
to
the
plane.
HALF! AN1IUKAI T
nt a a t e r o t
ceremonies, was
of 1st Lt. J e rry D. Kayne, 1390th
T crossed my fingers. These planes weigh many tons and on other
introduced by Wni. B riggs, Ash­
E ngineer F o re s t r y Company,
fields I’ve seen it take an hour to clear the runway of one of them
Local friends have received the
Camp W hite.
land uttorney F irst sale of a bond announcem ent of the m arriage of crippled. The Jeeps roared—strained, and I'll be d-----d if the two
S e c r e t ary, M r s . E lizabeth
of them didn’t drag that plane off the runway in less than 10 minutes.
went to O tis It. Munson, represent Miss D. V lrgin.a H ales and I 'r iiy
Spires, wife of Cpl. A1 Spires, W.
All
the
rest
of
our
boy's
landed
safely.”
ing the C alifornia C onstruction A shcraft on June 15, 1944 a t Be­
P.R.C., Personell B ranch, Cam p
There’s an actual eye-witness account of a lieutenant in charge of
com pany.
a ttie , W ashington.
White.
a bomber squadron “somewhere in the Pacific” ahd it graphically tells
S peuaers o fth e evening Includ­
Mrs. A sn craii nad been a m em ­
T reasurer, Mrs. P eggy Apple-
ed Lt. Loren M essenger, who was ber of tne so u th e rn O regon Col­ the part being played on the war fronts by the modernized original
ton, wife of 1st Lt. L. R. Apple-
“Jeep”
shown
above.
Thousands
of
these
remarkable
machines,
made
the principal speaker of the even­ lege of E ducation tacu n y to r 18
i t o n , S.C.U. 1934, O rdance Com-
by the Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement company, are on the
ing, who gave a vivid com parison years.
¿m
and Shop, Medford.
fighting fronts all over the world.
of past w ur of the w est and of
Social Chairm an, Mrs. R u th
ear. A sncraft is the son of the
Ashland a s a pioneer town, bring­ late Mr. and Mrs. P. L. A sh cialt.
Compton, wife of L t. M aurice
ing the com parison up to dale He was g rad u ated from tne local
I Compton, 1389th E ngineer F o res­
and telling how In pioneer days, nigh sc h o o l and served in tne navy
try Company, Cam p W hite.
during w ars when soldiers usked in World W ar L hollowing me
Social Co-chairm an, Mrs. Helen
for volunteers to g et am m unition w ar he was in business in Ashland
W alker ,wife of S /S g t. Law rence
everyone w oulilw ant to go. "The and M edlord.
B. W alker. W P R C. Hdqts. Com­
The USO clubhouse looked love­
Selection of Miss A nita Edith
boys a re a t fro n ts over tne world
pany, C am p White.
A
t
present
he
has
a
governm
ent
ly
fo
r
the
form
al
dance
S
atu
rd
ay
Bell, d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs.
today. They a re asking fo r am ­ position in A laska.
’L a st m eeting th ere w ere 35
night with fresh flow ers in bowls W alter W Bell, Ashland, fo r ad-
m unition and the one way we can
wive and 12 children. The club­
and
baskets
in
all
the
room
s
and
1
vanced
train
in
g
a
t
th
e
WAVES
help them m ost is to buy bonds
house h as accom odations for m ore
the punch table w as p re tty and C ontrol Tower O p erator School a t
rig h t now.” the lieutenant d ec la r­
wives
and children and th ere is a
home
like
w
ith
a
lace
cloth
and
a
the U. S. Naval Air Station, A t­
ed.
com petant person in ch arg e of ta k
beautiful floral cen ter piece fu r­ la n ta Georgia, was reported today
Capt. F ran cis K linkachek of
TALENT — The T alent Com­ ing c a re of the children during
nished by Mrs. G ertru d e Wilmoth. by R ecruiting Specialist H erbert
Cam p W hite backed up his plea
m
unity
club holds its annual open the luncheon and also d uring th e
The
junior
hostesses
looked
lov-
W.
Crain,
in
ch
arg
e
of
tjie
Med-
for more am m unition and supplies
house
and
gu est day on W ednes­ afternoon gam es of bridge, ru m ­
ely
too
in
their
colored
form
als
ford
U.
S.
Navy
R
ecruiting
sub-
for our arm ed services, by m arch­
and the overseas men rem arked I station which handles WAVES ap day, June 21 a t the C ity H all A my, bingo and outdoor sports.
ing across the stre e t and buying
program is planned and it is s ta t­
a bond. O th er representatives of
F. E. Thompson was elected tim es how nice the p arty w as and ; plications in thfs area.
ed
th a t elderly
wom en will be
how
they
Wished
the
buddies!
M
is
s
B
e
ll
r
e
c
e
iv
e
d
t
h
e
r
a
t
i
n
e
I
cu
elue*
Cam p W hite included: i*fc. R obert chairm an of the A shland dem o­
baCk h° me ' S eam an, second class, on comple- sP€cial &uests
Downs; WAC I*vt. G ertrude H a r­ cratic p a rty a t a m eeting held * °derJ h hre Ct°Uld
lan and Arm y N urse 1st Lt. F lor­ F riday evening a t the L ithia Ho- and be here to enjoy th e p a rty I tlon of her indoctrination training I U - John C hilders of the A ir
th s „
„ , a t the W AVES school a t H u n ter Corp is home fo r a re s t a fte r
ence M alisjewskl.
| tel, in the s ta r t of the dem ocraic
A t a school board election Yield
Music for the delightful a ffa ir , College -New Y ork C ity She w as
the p ast six m onths in
Those buying bonds could dedi­ cam paign fo r the ta ll election. The
cate them to some soldier on the m eeting was called to order by was furnished by Goldie Y orton’s f form ally enlisted a t th e WAVES “ d v e service over seas. Jo h n is Monday, F ran k J. Van Dyke w as
M rs- W in Chil- re-elected fo r a term of five years
Honor Roll,-, the bond being m ade C ounty C hairm an B ert Miller. O rchestra and special g u ests for j enlistm ent h ead q u arters fo r Ore- a 8011 of M r-
as a school board member. Mrs.
A lder stre e t
ders of Talent.
out to the pu rch aser or whoever C harles Roberson w as elee ted vice the dance were men from the (gon a t 735 s
Hamid
they designated Small flags have chairm an, H a rry Chipm an was W estern Personell R eplacem ent P o rtland.
j i r*ni
Cpl. H
arold Lockwood of W ag- E tta Schilling w as nam ed ch a ir­
Because of h er ap titu d e for this ' ner Cre€k is home from W ashing- m an and R. I. F la h a rty w as n am ­
been placed on the board a fte r the elected trea su rer and Mrs. V. D. Center. Men from all branches of
the service w ere in attendan ce specialized work, Miss Bell w as ton on furlough for a sh o rt time, ed vice-chairm an. G erald W enner
nam e of the servicem an. Sid Reed M iller secretary.
however, the Arm y, Navy, M ari­ chosen fo r this advanced training. ! M rs. W illiam R ogers is visiting and Lloyd Selby a r e th e o th er
bond chairm an, stated this week
Following the selection of offi­
th a t sale of bonds has been pro­ cers, Thompson took over the tim e Service, M arines and Air
She is a g ra d u ate of the K lam - a ^
kome ° f Mrs. Louisa Cour- m em bers of th e board.
E d n a D anford Sanders resign­
g ressing favorably since the tally m eeting and appointm ent was Corps.
ath Union H igh School. She w as £e s t' M rs Ro&e rs’ . husband, Dr.
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T hursday and w ith m any buyers m ade as follows for the various
a m em ber of th e debate and dec- *^°i>ers is a physician a t a n La- ed as sec retary -clerk of th e school
requesting th a t the flag be put com m ittees: C harles Roberson, PLAZA BARBER SHOP TO
lam ation team and the Chess Club 1 dian reservation in Nevada, n ear d istrict and will go to P o rtlan d
HAVE NEW OW NER also a G irl Scout Leader and the Reil° and are fo rm er residents of w here she will be employed in a
a fte r the nam e of a servicem an of chairm an and G. W. Rose and
teaching capacity.
This position
th eir choice.
i t unt,,„.
u
, I E ditor of th e school p ap er in S a l - ; 1116 v alley.
S. J. Bailey fo r finance; John P it-
will be filled by Dean A. Duffield,
L. ■
J. ru'k*» Wilson,
who
has
operated
,
mon
c
ity
,
Idaho
'
In
stallatio
n
of
officers
took
tenger, chairm an of registering
anAn AAnnAoniAM r» 4 A’«-»
'
place a t the m eeting of the Tai who w ill begin his new position
and voting com m ittee; Mrs. C h ar­ a barber shop concession a t Cam p
-o—
W
hite,
has
leased
the
room
occu­
ent Extension u n it held a t th e July 1.
les Roberson, chairm an and Mrs.
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City H all Ju n e 14. The cerem on­
Stevens and M rs. W illiam Flasc- pied by R ed’s B arber Shop on the
Miss Elwoodina H ays of G ran ts
ies w ere conducted by M rs. G er­
kus- for m em bership com m ittee. P laza and will probably open the
la tte r p a rt of the week.
tru d e O ttinger, m em er of the coun P ass visited w ith Mr. and M rs. R.
Local OPA officials reminded H arry Chipman will be in charge
Mr.
Hamm
ond,
the
form
er
pro
­
ty com m ittee, followed by a pic- M. Hays, S aturday.
m otorists th a t the new series f of Publicity.
prietor, will re st for the tim e be­
D
eath
cam
e
to
M
rs.
Alice
Mi-
nic
luncheon. Mrs. W inifred Ma-
A
m
eeting
of
p
a
rty
precinct
of­
g as coupons for “ A" card holders,
ing, due to ill headth.
ra n d a Button, of Jacksonville, Ore son was installed chairm an; Mrs. M arket.
No. 12, became valid today, T hurs­ ficers and m em bers will be held in
M rs. C harles S keeters who has
Wilson
has
had
the
shop
re­
day, Ju n e 22. As was the case in Medford une 22, a t hich all who decorated and is installing a two gon on Monday, Ju n e 20. She was Roy Levander, vice chairm an; M rs been a p atien t a t the Com m un­
p
ast
82
year«
of
age
a
t
the
tim
e
|
E
dna
Holdridge,
secretary
and
th e use of the No. 11 tick ets the can are urged to atten d , by the chair shop w ith a te s t equipm ent.
of h er death. Mrs. S u tto n w as trea su rer; Mrs. Anna Clark, li- ity hospital in A shland, retu rn ed
No. 12 coupons m ust last for three p a rty officers.
I t is located in the block fo rm er­ born a t Chicora, Pennsylvania, brarian. D uring th e m eeting an home S atu rd ay .
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m onths, m aking the m otorist only
The T alen t E xtension U n it m et
ly purchased by Joe Leveque.
Decem ber 27, 1861, and h as been in terestin g discussion on youth
tw o gallons per week for the p er­ A SHLAN D SOLDIER W ILL R E ­
a t a special m eeting a t th e City
O ther changes in this business a resident of this county fo r the activ ities was held.
Officers
of
TURN FROM A FRICA SOON block a re to be announced later.
iod. However, each individual tic­
past 20 years. The fam ily cam e to the un it plan an interesting, help- H all Ju n e 14 a t 11:30 a.m. There
k e t is good for three gallons of
Ashland in 1893. They resided in i ful pro g ram fo r this com ing year. was a picnic lunch in opening and
P riv ate H ugh Blaylock, son of
gas. E xpiration date will be Sep­
n of officers and
The band concert scheduled for Ashland about 10 years. H er hus-
Mr. and Mrs. R laph W ilburn o an th er in stallatio
Mrs.
A.
A.
Blaylock,
of
Ashland
tem ber 22.
im p o rtan t business m a tte rs
tonight,
Thursday,
has
been
ca
n
­
band
operated
a
stag
e
statio
n
a
t
and
fam
ily
visited
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A ttention was called by OPA wiil re tu rn to the U nited S tates celled because of the rany w e ath ­
discussed.
Keno, O regon fo r several years. | Andy C arroll, n ear Train, Sunday.
officials th a t W ar P rice and R a­ this m onth from the A frican The­ er, it has been announced.
Alice W ooten, a g ra d u a te
Survivors include tw o sisters,
M rs. Blanche H ungate returned of M T iss
tioning B oards a re now issuing a a tre of Operations, w here he s e r­
alen t high school of th is year,
Mrs.
Amy
Sutton,
P
ittsb
u
rg
,
Pa.,
to
her
home
a
t
Fox,
Oregon.
Wed
ved
10
m
onths
w
ith
th
e
T
ank
new "4” series of "B ” and "C”
received the Rogue R iver V alley
and Mrs. E lizabeth Andre, a t Jac- nesday. She has been in T alent College Club scholarship to the
coupons. W hile "B3” and "C3" Division. W hile on leave he will
sonville;
tw
o
brothers,
S.
L.
B
yers
foj-
th
e
p
ast
tw
o
m
onths
with
tick ets a re still good and will re­ s ta y a t the hom e of his parents
S outhern Oregon College of E d u ­
of Long Beach, C alifornia, and A. friends and relatives.
m ain so fo r an unannounced p er­ here in A shland.
cation.
C.
B
yers
of
Bellflower,
California,
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Mr. and Mrs. Bill Y oungworth
iod, ration coupons now being is­
M rs. E lla M cM ahan retu rn ed
and
a
fo
ster
son,
John
Holcomb
The s ta te gam e commission has
K arl Nim s is ill a t his hom e on
and sm all d au g h ter of Ashland, home M onday from Eugene, w here
sued will bear the num eral "4”
a
t
O
rchards,
W
ashington
anounced the following tentativ e
F ern Ave.
were week end guests of Mrs. she sp en t a couple of weeks, vis-
instead of *3”.
F u n eral services will be held Y oungw orth’s paren ts, Mr. and iting
dates fo r the various hunting sea­
her son in law and d au g h ter
today, T hursday, Ju n e 22, a t 2:30 Mrs. C uthbertson a t th e T alen t Mr. and
sons in Oregon:
Mrs. John M urphy.
with
the
Litw
iller
F
u
n
eral
chapel
P h easa n t season—O ctober 14 to
in
ch
arg
e
of
arran
g
em
en
ts.
November 12, both d ates Inclusive
in Jackson, Josephine and Doug­
las counties, am ong several oth ­ R. E. REYNOLDS 77,
ers. B ag lim it w as set a t four
birds in any one day and no t more DIED SUNDAY, JUNE 11
than eight in an y seven days, one
R obert E m m ett Reynolds, 77,
(Cam p W hite G renade)
ing around as though they w ere hen allowed in the to tal bag.
died S unday evening, une 11, 1944,
Q
uail—Sam
e
open
season
a
s
for
a t White.
a t the Com m unity hospital. He
Rain, rain and m ore rain. Can
The tru ck s w ere unloaded and pheasants, w ith no t m ore than
S A L E M — Expansion of the , held by the Jap anese stated th a t
you figure o u t how rain fits in the tents were put up in a crude 10 birds in possession a t a n y one had been m ak in g his hom e on w ork of W ar P riso n ers’ Aid, Y. M I “The U nited S tates overnm ent is
Seventh
street.
Mr.
R
eynolds
was
time.
with the S aw dust Com m andos? fashion. W ork and more work.
c. A., a p articip atin g service of | continuing to p ress the apanese
Dt nm an said th e commission a long tim e resident of Ashland the N ational W ar Fund, m ay ‘ be G overnm ent to g ra n t full recipro­
T he fellows from the 1392 E ngi­ The hours of the night and early
but
has
no
relativ
es
in
the
city.
neer F o restry Com pany can.
expected as th e result of the city in this respect.”
m orning filtered by, and fellows decided to stop the killing of doe
On the d ay we moved out of still slogged on. I t had snowed a deer in K lam ath and L ake coun­ He is survived by one bro th er and S ta te D epartm ent announcem ent
In th e event th a t w ider oppor­
three
nieces.
ties
fo
r
one
year
a
fte
r
h
earin
g
C am p W hite to our bivouac a rea little th a t early m orning, but it
th a t Jap a n has agreed to the p u r­ tu n ities fo r w ork w ith w ar p ris­
The
Litw
iller
F
u
n
eral
Home
is
m
any
com
plaints
th
a
t
m
ule
deer
it poured down w ater. I t all h ap ­ disappeared w ith the rain.
in charge of fu n eral arran g em en ts chase of $25,000 w orth of relief oners is afforded by th e Jap an ese
pened very suddenly and before
Some of the fellows worked herds are threatened w ith extinc­ Mr. Reynolds w as a m em ber of supplies a month for w ar prison­ Governm ent, W ar P risoners’ Aid
we knew lt we w ci^ up in the through th a t day and then again tion. L ast year, he said, hunters
ers and civilian internees in the is prepared to expand its p rogram
the C atholic Church.
high hills of Oregon.
through th a t following night. Th reported bagging 3889 does.
Phillippines, according to advices to m eet the needs, which a u th o r­
The
buck
deer
season
will
be
Yes, we left the Cam p a t night trees sta rte d to fall under the lus­
received by C harles A. Sprague, ities sta te are fa r beyond the lim i­
an d we’re now in the a re a In ty swings of the axes of the men, from O ctober 1 to O ctober 31,
president of th e Oregon W ar ted am o u n t of supplies th u s fgr
GRACE
WATKINS
C hest .
which we are to sim ulate condi- and the sawm ill began to form. both d ates inclusive.
agreed to by the Jap an ese Gov­
and
Companion
T he United S tates Governm ent ernm ent.
fo r it hadn’t been disturbed by the IN a few hours we cut o u r firs t
Are Invited to Be G uests of the has m ade available the funds to
th in g then w as peaceful and quiet salb, and then a few m inutes
A nnouncem ent h as been m ade
tlons as in a th e a tre of w ar. Every la te r came our firs t board.
SOUTHERN OREGON M INER Jjurchase the $25,000 w orth of in London th a t the B ritish Govern
supplies each month, but adm inis­ m ent and th e U nited S ta tes Gov­
W e w ere now living up to o u r
"h um -drum ” of hum ans,
to see
tratio n will be carried on by neu­ ernm ent have agreed upon a m eth ­
exposed p arts of o ur bodies, and nam e, and the saw dust really be­
a t the VARSITY TH EA TRE
tra l representatives w orking for od fo r shipping supplies for w ar
The cold air kept biting a t the gan to fly. As the days passed,
W ashington June 12—The office
(F
rid
ay
and
S
atu
rd
ay
)
W ar P riso n ers’ Aid, Y.M .C.A., prisoners in Japan, and it is ex­
every few seconds a chill would the fellows m ade im provem ents of price adm inistration announced
LAND O F T H E O PEN RANGE
funds for which are llocated from pected th a t as soon as opportun­
run up and down our spines. On about and in th eir tents, and today th a t seven million p airs of
contributions t o
each
sta te ity is afforded by th e Jap anese
arriv el a t o u r present area, we from the w ay the place looks shoes will become rat ion-free a t
and
through th e Oregon W ar Chest. G overnm ent for distribution th a t
im m editely disem barked from the now you’d probably think they specified price reductions between
“Tarzan’s Desert Mystery"
The work of locating supplies, the w ork of W ar Prisoners Aid
tru ck s into approxim ately six in­ had all the convtences of home. Ju ly 10th and Ju ly 29th.
purchasing, packing and d istrib u ­ will be widely expanded.
We ll call it home for now, for
ches of mud and two inches of
The move is being m ade to aid
we know th at som eday soon w e’ll dealers in disposing of broken
tion will be undertaken by W ar
Neutral repsesentatives of War
w ater.
(Sunday. M onday, Tuesday)
1 P riso n ers’ Aid, Incorporation w ith Prisoners’ Aid, Y.M.C.A. have
W e could have used a few of all be back there sittin g in th a t sizes and styles. C ertain types of
“A GUY NAMED JOE”
o ther neu tral organizations.
been w orking in behalf of th e w ar
those trees and quite a bit of th a t soft old arm chair listening to m en's and wom en’s shoes of all
Please call a t the M iner Offlc«
The State Department in Its an­ prisoners held by th e Jap an ese
saw dust. In but a m a tte r of m in­ I radio com m entators speak of the sizes and yo u th ’s and boy’s shoes,
nouncement of thia agreement for since the outbreak of the war In
for Your Guest Tickets
utes the fellows got used to the t p a s t W orld W ar 11. How about sizes on to six, will become a v a il­
THURSDAY NIGHT BOND RALLY BRINGS IN
$70,000 TO SWELL ASHLAND SALES
Ashlund USO FormaUAshland WAVE Gets
Dance Lovely Affair Specialized Training
TALENT NEWS
Ashland Demos
Select Officers
Van Dyke Re-Elected
to School Board
New Gas Coupons
Valid After Today
Jacksonville Matron
Dies Here Monday
Tentative Hunting
Dates Announced
Army’s Bunyanmen Set Up
Bivouac Here Despite Mud
Y.M.C.A J Will Expand Aid
to Yank Prisoners in Japan
Odd-Lot Shoes To Be
Made Ration-Free
mud and water and were walk­ i that, fallow«?
able for purchase without «tamp«.
limited relief for war proleners the Pacific.