Ridgway Said Recommended To Succeed Eisenhower As NATO Chief
'PEOPLE FAVOR SEN. KEFAUVER,'
DOUGLAS SAYS IN ENDORSEMENT
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Paul H. Douglas, a "Northern
liberal," has endorsed Tennes
see's Sen, Estes Kefauver for
the presidency and said "the peo
ple" are for him.
"Some of the politicians, bu
reaucrats and king-makers may
not like you because they know
they cannot control you," the
Illinois Democrat said in a mes-.
sage to Kefauver. "But the peo
ple are for you. Let the voice
of the people be heard."
Best Available Man
Douglas made public his mes
sage to Kefauver a day after
Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois
announced that he would not ac
cept the Democratic presidential
nomination.
"Now that Governor Steven
son has withdrawn as a possible
candidate for the presidency, I
firmly believe that you are by
all odds the best available can
Last-Minute 'Run'
Of Blood Donors
'S!
1 Puis Program Over
A surprising last minute
"run" of blood donors put the
blood collection program "over
the top" yesterday, gratified
workers in the program reported
this morning.
-During the early part of the
two-day collection it was feared
that the county would fall far
below its quota, which had been
set at 425 pints from 500 donors.
On Monday, only 250 donors had
Indicated their intention of giv
ing blood.
But appeals through The Mail
Tribune and over Medford's
radio stations brought a "tre
mendous" response, bringing a
total of 501 donors to the blood
mobile at the Elks temple dur
ing the drive, and netting 428
pints.
The program was the first to
last for two days here, and blood
collection workers said that it
was particularly essential at this
time to meet the goals, as sup
plies of blood and plasma are
dwindling below military needs.
Tribute was paid to the part
i taken in this week's campaign
Thy the Junior Service league,
Grey Ladies, staff aides, regis
tered nurses, nurse's aides, the
motor service, Junior Red Cross
and Boy scouts, and to the asso
ciation of osteopathic physi
cians and surgeons, who turned
out about 100 per cent to give
blood yesterday.
Demo Candidates
Will Attend Dinner
Democratic candidates for sev
eral state offices, as well as
gpokesman for Gov. Adlai Ste-
venson and Sen. Estes Kefauver
will attend the Democratic par
ty's Roosevelt Memorial dinner
at 6:30 p.m., it was reported to
day by Mrs. Edward C. Kelly,
chairman of the Jackson County
Democratic Central committee.
David C. Shaw, Gold Beach
attorney who was a candidate
for Congress in 1950, will be the
main speaker.
The dinner will be at the
Medford hotel, and reservations
may be made by telephoning
2-2801, 2-5131 or 2-8400.
Daylight Time Decision
Is Expected Next Week
Salem (U.R) Oregonians
probably won t know until next
week whether or not they will
set their clocks an hour ahead
April 27.
Gov. Douglas McKay said
Thursday he probably would
decide early next week whether
or not lo proclaim daylight sav
ing time for Oregon this year.
He said he has received many
letters both for and against fast
time but wants to give the mat
ter further study.
Plans and
Circulation of petitions for
three proposed rural fire dis
tricts in the Central Point, Jack
sonville and Medford areas is
now ready to begin, according
to Richard Krupp, Central Point
fire chief.
Residents from each of the
three areas attended a meeting
last Tuesday evening at the Cen
tral Point fire hall and received
the proposed boundary descrip
tions and petitions which have
been approved by the state fire
marshal's office in Salem, Krupp
stated.
The next step, according to
Krupp, is for each proposed dis
trict to secure solicitors who
will obtain 200 signatures, or 25
per cent of the registered prop
erty owners in the area, which
ever is lower. "After- thii Is
done." he continued, "the peti
tions will be submitted to the
county clerk for legality check
didate of our party," the message
said.
Douglas told news confer
ence that he "most certainly"
believes that Kefauver, as the
Democratic nominee, could de
feat Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio,
one of the chief contenders for
the Republican presidential nom
ination. Chance To Beat Ik
Asked if he believes the Ten
nessean crime-buster could beat
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, an
other major GOP possibility, he
replied he did not know but that
Kefauver would "have a very
good chance."
Kefauver managers hoped
Douglas' endorsement would en
courage other doubtful Demo
crats to climb, aboard the Ten
nessean's bandwagon. Douglas
has a wide personal following
among the "northern liberal" ele
ments of the Democratic Party
which had been plumping for
Medford Telephone
Buildings Picketed
Three Medford buildings of
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company were picketed,
starting at 6 a.m. today, as the
labor dispute which involves two
unions spread to southern Ore
gon. J. H. Creager, manager of the
Medford-Ashland exchange, said
that pickets were posted at the
company's garage at 124 South
Fir street, at the main business
office at Bartlett and Fifth
streets, and at the new equip
ment building on North Central
avenue.
Service is normal today, Crea
ger said, with "about 85 per
cent" of inside workers report
ing for work. He said that only
a skeleton force of outside con
struction, installation and serv
icemen is on duty, and that this
type of work will be "meager."
Portland (U.R) Charges of
unfair labor practices against
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company were on file here
Group To Talk Air
Service Tomorrow
The possibility of Inaugurat
ing United Air lines service be
tween Medford and Klamath
Falls will be discussed at a
breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m.
Friday at the Jackson hotel, ac
cording to Frank VanDyke,
chairman of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce airport
committee. VanDyke s commit
tee will meet with the Medford
city council airport committee.
In addition to discussion of a
possible meeting between local
and Klamath county representa
tives on the question, a proposed
air show, proceeds from which
would go toward construction
of a public auditorium here, will
also be discussed. Van Dyke
said. He will also announce sub
committee appointments for the
coming year.
Taft Views Seizure
As Impeachment Case
Boston (U.R) Sen. Robert A,
Taft said Thursday that Presi
dent Truman's seizure of the
steel industry constitutes a "valid
case for impeachment.
Taft made the statement at a
press conference as he opened
his quest of Massachusetts' 38
delegates and the write-in popu
larity poll in the primary April
Taft said impeachment pro
ceedings against Mr. Truman
"ought to be considered by the
House" where such measures
originate.
"The seizure is a valid case for
impeachment but whether the
House will do it or not I don't
know however, it is a valid
case, ne said.
Boundaries
and the county court will then
schedule a public hearing and
special election."
Since Central Point already
has a rural fire department
which is Incorporated at $15,000,
Krupp, together with Harry
Tonn, president of the Central
Point Rural Fire Department,
Incorporated, has summarized
the disadvantages of the present
organization and the advantages
of a tax-based district. The dis
advantages are:
1. The insurance rating bu
reau will not give an insurance
reduction which the present
group has sought because there
has to be- an organized district
before such approval can be
given.
2. The present set-up is not
classified as a "regular" fire de
partment. 3. Only a relatively small
number of subscribers (350; now
for Stevenson.
Douglas said he was not speak
ing for Illinois Democrats in en
dorsing Kefauver. However, he
said he expects "a considerable
proportion" of the .Illinois dele
gates to the Democratic National
Convention to support Kefauver.
Mr. Truman's only comment to
reporters regarding Stevenson's
announcement he would not ac
cept the nomination was that "I
may be able to talk to you about
it" at his weekly news confer
ence Thursday.
Truman Displeased
Persons standing near Mr. Tru
man and Stevenson just before
the President took off from
Omaha after inspecting the Mid
west flood area said the governor
asked Mr. Truman if he had
heard about his announcement.
They quoted the President as re
plying: "Yes, I have, and I don't like
it."
Thursday as a general strike by
telephone workers spread
throughout Oregon.
The charges, filed by the In
dependent Order of Repeater and
Toll Testboardmen with the Na
tional Labor Relations Board,
alleged "the company has uni
latterally imposed discrimina
tion employment conditions upon
our members in retaliation for
our observance of picket lines
established by the Western Elec
tric installers of the CIO Com
munication Workers Union in
a labor dispute between that or
ganization and the company.
Repeatermen Join CWA
The action was taken after
the repeatermen joined the CWA
members in a walkout that
brought pickets to all but eight
communities served by the com
pany in Oregon. Installations at
The Dalles, Pendleton, Bend,
Prineville, Ashland, Medford
Grants Pass and Oswego were
not picketed Wednesday,
The company said service was
almost normal with all boards
fully manned,.
Until Tuesday, picketing in
Oregon was limited to .Western
Electric installers, whose nation
al union, a division of CWA,
walked off the job to back up
demands for new contract bene
fits. Operators, members of an
other division of CWA, have re
spected the Western Electric em
ployees' picket lines and so had
the repeatermen.
Board Stands Pat To
Fire Merlin Teacher
Grants Pass, Ore. (U.R) The
Josephine county school board
Thursday stood pat on its deci
sion not to offer a contract re
newal to Royal Ivory, Merlin
school principal. '
Over the protest of parents of
Merlin students, the board said
it would not rehire the principal
because of his lack of coopera
tion. Merlin eighth-graders receiv
ed publicity recently by taking a
three-day trip to San Francisco
Mercy Flights Plane
Flies to Los Angeles
The longest one-day round
trip flight ever made by Mercy
Flights pilots was completed last
night, officials of the non-profit
air ambulance firm reported
this morning. ,
Pilot George Milligan and
Tuny Bullis took the twin-en
gined Cessna ambulance plane
owned by the firm to Los An
geles, carrying a 92-year-old
woman patient, the oldest car
ried so far by the firm's planes.
The round-trip flight took 8V4
hours. The plane left here at
6:30 a.m.
The patient was Mrs. Alma
Mather, mother-In law of Fred
Hawkins, 919 Whitman avenue.
Announced
supports the group.
4. Tlie size of the present cor
poration is just a little bit too
big for the small group to direct.
Krupp said the advantages of
a tax-based district would be:
1. Obtaining a 5 to 15 per
cent insurance reduction based
on location, equipment and the
employment of permanent per
sonnel. 2. Everyone within the dis
trict will share in the payment
of a tax levy not to exceed 4
mills, unless a special election
is held to sanction any excess.
(Tonn pointed out that the In
surance rate reduction would
more than offset a 4 mill levy.)
3. The possibility of a mutual
aid working agreement among
the three districts to assist each
other, either actively or on
standby, during a fire, which
would unify and strengthen
each district ! protection.
Name Suggested
To 13 Countries
In Treaty Group
Announcement Would
Await Ike's Leave
San Francisco (U.R) Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme
commander of UN forces in the
Far Eas,l, has been recommended
to succeed Gen. Dwight D Eis
enhower as commander of NATO
forces in Europe, the San Fran
cisco Chronicle said Thursday.
Name Suggested
In a copyrighted dispatch
from Washington, the Chronicle
said Ridgway was recommended
by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
dispatch said Ridgway's name
was suggested to 13 other coun
tries in the North Atlantic Trea
ty Organization.
Their approval is expected
soon, the Chronicle said. How
ever, annnouncement of his se
lection will be delayed until aft
er Eisenhower leaves Europe in
June by which time it is hoped
Ridgway may conclude a truce
in Korea, the newspaper said.
Washington (U.R) Gen. Al
fred M. Gruenther said that he
will be "delighted' 'if Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway is made chief
of the North Atlantic Defense
Command.
Gruenther, chief of staff to
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, has
himself been prominently men-i
tioned as NATO commander
when Eisenhower retires June 1.
The San Francisco Chronicle
said the staff chiefs want Gen.
Mark Clark to succeed Ridgway
and Gruenther to take over
Clark's present job as chief of
Army field forces. Asked about
this report, Gruenther said he
had not heard it.
Budge) for Rural
Schools $1,081,652
A proposed budget of $1,081,
652.21, highest in history, for
Jackson county second and third
class school districts during the
1952-53 fiscal year, was an
nounced today by the county
school superintendent's office.
An election to allow the districts
to exceed the six per cent limi
tation has been scheduled for
May 19.
The proposed budget exceeds
the county's extremely low tax
base amount by $818,377.2, and
last year's budget of $941,006.11
by $140,646.10. County school
officials explained that much of
the increase over the 1951-52
budget is caused by a general
increase in teachers salaries
throughout the county.
The highest previous budget
in Jackson county was approxi
mately $1,040,000 in 1949-50
when there were six more dis
tricts in the county.
Schools Will Receive
Support Fund Warrants
Salem (U.R) Public schools
in Oregon's 36 counties will re
ceive $14,870,300.07 in warrants
this week as the second half
of the 1951-52 apportionment of
the basic school support fund,
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry said Thursday.
Sums to counties include:
J a a k s o n , $661,171.73; Jose
phine, $397,931.70.
Kader Murder Indictment
Upheld by Circuit Judge
Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge
MacCormac Snow Wednesday
upheld the first-degree murder
Indictment of Mrs. Jada Z. Ka
der, 21-year-old Portland mother
accused of slaying her three-
year-old daughter, Sherrie.
Mrs. Kader's attorney had at
tacked the indictment on grounds
that it was too vague.
Salem (U.R) Jack A. Hayes
Oregon's civil defense director,
leaves Friday for Las Vegas, Ne
vada, to witness atomic blast
tests.
for Three
The two fire officials pointed
out that In lieu of the present
More-Inclusive Fire District
Sought by Rural Committee
A committee of residents liv
Ing in the country around Med
ford. who feel tMt the proposed
Medford Rural Fire district
should be largy and more in
clusive, have called a meeting to
discuss the matter next Tuesday.
The meeting will be held at
the Jackson school at 7:30 p.m.,
according to Mrs. W. M. Neal,
2104 Roberts road, a committee
member.
Mrs. N;l said many residents
feel that areas in which they
live, all located within a 4Vi
mile radius of Medford district
it well advanced, they are now
concentrating on methods which
Medford Jllti
Cnltd Preu mil Lui4 W t .
47th Year 20 Pages .
Accident Victim !
Dies at Hospital;
Wife Badly Injured
Elderly Washington
Couple on Visit Here
John E. Bohan, 71, Winlock,
Wash., who was seriously in
jured in an automobile accident
at Table Rock Four Corners yes
terday morning, died at a hos
pital here at 7:15 p.m. yesterday.
His wife, Julia. 68, suffered a
serious head injury, a broken
collar bone, spinal injuries and
many cuts and bruises, but she
is expected to recover, according
to Mrs. Leo V. Bartsch, Coos
Bay, a daughter of the Bohans.
Mrs. Bartsch and the couple's
only other child, Mrs. George A.
Hash, Eugene, arrived here only
a few minutes before Mr. Bohan
died. Other relatives include a
grandson, Charles Batman, Ore-
tech, Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Bohan
were here visiting Mrs. Bohan's
sisters, Mrs. Mary Watkins, Cen
tral Point, and Mrs. Pearl Stolle,
Eagle Point.
Mr. Bohan never lived In the
valley, but Mrs. Bohan was born
in Central Point.
Mr. Bohan was born in San
Francisco, and was a veteran of
World War I, and belonged to
the American Legion. Funeral
arrangements, with Perl funeral
home in charge, are pending. In
terment will be in the Central
Point cemetery, where Mrs. Bo
han's father and other relatives
are buried, Mrs. Bartsch said.
Mutinous Convicts
Continue Hold-Qut
Trenton, N.. J. (U.R) Sixty
eight mutinous convicts held out
in their captured New Jersey
prison print shop Thursday, but
the warden predicted hunger
would force them to surrender
by nightfall.
The convicts, including several
'desperate" criminals, seized the
two-story frame building at 10
a.m. Tuesday in the third rebel
lion against Warden William H.
Carty's administration in 17
days.
Carty said that so far as he
knew the men had gone without
food and water since they muti
nied, although sandwiches had
been passed through a broken
window periodically for two
guards and two civilian instruc
tors held as hostages by the
rioters.
Telegraph Office
Pickets Removed
Pickets who appeared in front
Of the Western Union nffir-o in
Medford Monday have been with-
orawn, ii was reported today.
John R. Fitzmartin, Seattle,
chairman of the strike committee
of Local 40, Commercial Teleg
raphers union, AFL, checked
out of his hotel Wednesday after
noon. Manager Frank Gray said that
there are no other developments
in the strike situation locally,
but said he has been informed
that more WU offices through
out the country are being opened.
Weather
FORECAST! Variable rtaudlnna
with mild tpmpenlilrpi
through Friday, I.nw tonight
10. High Friday 12-13.
Temp.
Illlhrit Yeitrrdav li
l.owral this Momlni 19
Rural Fire
t Central Point district, If the
I voters sanction the new district.
can be used to Join the district
on a cooperative basis, Mrs. Neal
reported.
She pointed out that the
boundary line in most instances
follows the middle of roads,
which might work a hardship
on residents living "on the wrong
side of the road."
Mcrvin Gilson, Salem, a depu
ty state fire marshal, will attend
the Tuesday meeting, Mrs. Neal
said, to explain exactly what
steps can be taken to circulate
petitions for Joining the Medford
district. All residents of the erea
Involved are Invited, Mrs. Neal
added.
Oi
MEDFORD, OE N,
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BLASTED While trace talks drag
been working on the railroad, at
supply train attests.
Crisis Said At Hand
In Big Missouri Flood
Omaha, Neb. (U.R -r- The
mighty Missouri river hurled its
weight against the soggy levees
here Thursday and Army Engi:
neers warned that a crisis was
at hand and that the dikes could
"disintegrate."-
I. W. Tritt, liaison officer for
the engineers in Council Bluffs,
la., across the river, warned
that "there may be too much op
timism." The "Big MuIIy" was rising
sleadily toward a record-break
ing crest of 31 va feet expected
Thursday night, and Tritt
warned that the crest might en
dure for three days.
The crucial point was the
anchor levee protecting the
north edge of Council Bluffs. A
break there could send water
pouring into a 600-square block
residential area, already va
cated by its inhabitants.
Urgent Plea Issued
Council Bluffs officials issued
an urgent plea for 500 more
volunteers' to strengthen the
levees, and asked for "250 men
hourly thereafter."
The Omaha - Council Bluffs
area was the most critical point
in the floods along the Missouri,
the Mississippi and the Red
river which have driven an es-
Huge Fire in Japan
Levels 4500 Homes
Tollorl, Japan (U.R) Japan's
biggest post-war fire, a wind
whipped blaze that has left at
least 15,000 persons homeless,
raged out of contra! early Thurs
day and threatened destruction
of this entire city, .
National police said 140 per
sons were injured and 4500
homes, destroyed in this coastal
city of 60,000 reslacnts 300 miles
southwest of Tokyo.
There are no United States
military Installations In Tottori.
Protection
the present organization's In
vestments would either be sold
to the new district or Central
Point and the money would be
pro rated at the" present cash
value to the original contribu
tors. The district owns a 750
gallon pumper and 1,000-gal-lon
tank truck.
The boundary descriptions ap
proved by the state fire marshal
for the three proposed districts
include everything within their
boundaries except property with
in incorporated cities, railroad
properly and state forest sta
tions. They are:
Cei tral Point: On the north,
all of lower Table Rock east
through upper Table Rock and
across Rogue river; on the east,
south to the Crater lake high
way, east to Foothill road, south
to Coker Butte road; on the
south, west 'to SchuU road and
THURSDAY, APRIL 17,
Bate
on, U S. Air Force pilots hro
damage to this North Koreaa
timated 87,000 persons from
their dwellings.
Elsewhere;:; the outlook was
brighter. Upstream on the Mis
souri floodwaters receded at
Sioux City, la., and officials
said the embargo on cattle and
hog shipments to the stockyards
there would be lifted Saturday,
North Dakota River Falls
In North Dakota, the Red
River of the North fell slowly at
Fargo after forcing more than
4,000 persons from their homes
and cresting at Its highest level
since 1897.
On the Mississippi, a record
crest swept downstream from St.
Paul, where It caused an esti
mated $10,000,000 damage. Mrs.
Rosemary Mohr, 28, drowned at
St. Paul Thursday night when
she and a male companion fell
out of a boat at the rear of a
tavern.
In Omaha, four persons were
Injured when a truck carrying
crushed rock to reinforce the
dikes collided with an automo
bile. Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman got Immediate con
greslonal support for his plea
for an overall flood control pro
gram to prevent future disasters
in the Missouri river basin.
But some congressmen ex
pressed fear that Mr. Truman
might use the Midwestern floods
as an "excuse" to plug for his
controversial Missouri River
Valley Authority plan.
Sen. Kerr Will Speak ,
In Portland On May 8
Portland (U.R Sen. Robert
S. Kerr, Democratic presidential
nomination aspirant, will speak
at a luncheon here May 8, Demo
cratic National Committeeman
Monroe Swcetland said Wednes
day.
The Oklahoma Democrat is not
a candidate in the Oregon prl
mary May 16.
Districts in
the Table Rock Market road.
south to De Barr road, south at
Howard avenue across the Pa
cific highway and west to meet
Ross lane; on the west, north
paralleling Military road until
II rejoins the Old Stige road,
then west 1 Vi miles, then north
passing just west of Tolo to the
Goldray dam and lower Table
Rock.
Medford: On the north, the
same as Central Point's south
boundary; on the east, south on
Foothill road from Coker Butte
road to Hillcrcst road, east to
Cherry Lane, south on North
Phoenix road including Coal
Mine, Graffis and Campbell
roads to the Phoenix city
limits; on the south, following
the Houston, Carpenter Hill and
Pioneer roads to the Griffin
Creek road; on the west, north
on Griffin Creek road to the
Jacksonville Phoenix highway.
Tribune
United Preia mil Uutt Wlr.
1952
No. 23
Wage Negotiations
Failure Threatens
National Walkout
April 30 Slated
As Strike Deadline
Denver (U.R) The nation's
oil unions have warned that a
nation-wide strike will begin on
April 30 if wage negotiations in
the industry faiL
Union officials, representing
some 275,000 oil workers, "re
luctantly" agreed to a third post
ponement of a threatened oil
strike Wednesday night after the
Wage Stabilization Board "tem
porarily" gave up its efforts to
settle the critical wage dispute.
Postponement Obtained
The strike deadline originally
had been set for March 3 in sup
port of the oil workers' demands
for a 25-cent an hour general
wage increase. But Federal Me
diation Chief Cyrus Ching ob
tained a week's postponement
and then President Truman ask
ed that it be put off for an in
definite period to allow time for
federal hearings.
Now the WSB has abandoned
Its efforts to conduct the hear
ings and to recommend a settle
ment In the wage dispute. Most
of the 75 oil companies involved
in the dispute refused to parti
cipate in the hearings set up by
the board.
Bowed To Demands
By a 10-2 vote, with AFL
members dissenting, the WSB
bowed to oil company demands
and voted to return the case to
collective bargaining. But it
maintained technical control
over the dispute and asked to ba
kept advised of any progress. '
The board said it would take -some
action "in a few weeks" if
no settlement is reached through
collective bargaining.
Probers Winning Fight
For Look at Files
Washington (UJ) House in
vestigators are winning their
fight to inspect confidential files
of the Justice Department for
evidence of possible corruption.
Informed sourcei reported
that a House Judiciary subcom
mittee already has gained access
to the files of six controversial
cases which previously were
withheld.
Sub committee Investigators
probably will be able to see five
other dossiers later, informants
said.
Chairman Frank L. Chelf, D
Ky., said last week that the sub
committee had been denied a
chance to inspect the files on 11
cases about which it was espec
ially curious. .
Owyhee River Sends
Families From Homes
Ontario, Ore. (U.R) Flood
waters of the snow-swollen Owy
hee river threatened farm famil
ies near here Thursday after
eight families were forced to
evacuate their homes. One
bridge was washed out and two
others were closed.
The families carted household
furnishings to higher land. No
appreciable loss of livestock or
property was reported.
The Owyhee reservoir was
filled to capacity and the over
flow roared through the emer
gency outlet of Owyhee dam to
inundate farmlands downstream.
the County
then west to Arnold lane, then
north, crossing the Medtord
Jacksonville highway to Ross
lane.
Jacksonville: On the east, the
same as Medford's west boun
dary; on the north, west on Ross
lane several miles beyond the
Old Stage road; on the west,
south to the section line paral
leling and north of Poormaa
creek road; on the south, east on
the section line, then south and
cast to the Poorman-Grlffin
creek road intersection.
Citizens desiring to circulate
petitions are urged to contact
any of 'the following: For Cen
tral Point, Krupp at his service
station on Highway 99 or Tonn
at the Grange Supply Co-op
store; for Jacksonville, H. L.
Markwith; and for Medford, Os
car Chlnn, 1821 North. River
tide avenue.
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