Greyhound Buses Will Resume Schedules Soon
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LOCATED OFF KOREA COAST, this is Koje Island where Communists In United Nations' prisoner
of war camp are holding Brig. UM. Francis T. Dodd, commandant, as hostage. (IntertwZ,
Dodd Tells of Death Threat
While Captive of Prisoners
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Brig.
Gen. Francis T. Dodd said Mon
day Communist prisoners of war
threatened to kill him and stage
a mass break for freedom if 8th
Army troops entered the Koje
island camp where he was held
hostage for four days.
Statement Tells Story
Dodd's story as a captive of
the rebellious Red prisoners in
Compound 76 was told for the
first time in a statement released
by 8th army headquarters here.
The general, released unharm
ed Saturday night, said the
warning came Friday night. He
had been seized on Wednesday.
Dodd said a Colonel Lee and
a prisoner of war whom he e
lieved to be the commissar of the
Koje camp came to the make
shift room where the Commu
nists had quartered him.
"They discussed with me the
, effects of the use of force," Dodd
said. "They informed me that if
troops entered the compound,
they would resist; that my life
would be forfeited and that
there would be a simultaneous
Com m u n ists Defy U N
To Break Off Talks
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
The Communists defied the
United Nations Monday to break
off the Korean armistice nego
tiations. They bitterly denounced the
U. N.'s treatment of war prison
ers and arrogantly served notice
More Airline Flights
Cancelled by Gas Lack
Portland (U.R) Morei cancel
lations of airline schedules out
of Portland took effect Monday.
The 13-day old strike of the
nation's oil workers forced Unit
ed Air lines to consolidate 'its
flights through Portland, and
three flights through Salem were
cancelled.
. The service restrictions affect
only United's DC-3 service. DC-6
planes will operate as usual.
West Coast started a new
flight between Portland and
Medford, but some other flights
were cancelled. WCA's new
flight will stop at Corvallis, Al
bany, Eugene, North Bend and
Roseburg.
Cancelled West Coast flights
. were the Seattle-Portland-Med-ford
morning flight, the 5 p.m.
PSf) flight from Portland to
Seattle and the morning flight
from Seattle to Port Angeles and
back to Seattle.
Klamath Falls-Medord
Air Service Starts; m
Tickets Unavailable '
Regular airline service be
tween Medford and Klamath
Falls a major objective of
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce hat started,
due to the gasoline strike. Bui,
under ruling of the Civil
Aeronautics Board, it it Im
possible to buy a ticket be
tween the two citiet,
Walt Carton, station man
ager for United Air lines,
taid that one northbound and
one touthbound flight daily
are now routed through both
Medford and Klamath Falls,
thut eliminating other air
tervic which in the pan hat
gone down both tidet of the
C a c a d mountains. The
flightt were eliminated to
conserve gatoline due to the
strike of oil workert.
But Carson said thai under
CAB regulationt, tickets can
b told only to regularly
scheduled ttopt. and one can
not buy a ticket from Medford
to Klamath Fallt. But if you
. want to buy a ticket to Port
' land, and then get off at Klam
ath Fallt, there it nothing to
stop you. Carton said.
break from all compounds on the
island.
Protected by Guards
When Dodd, who was com
mander of the unruly Koje island
camp, was seized outside the
gate to compound 76; he said
his captors stationed 15 to 20
guards around his quarters to
protect him from fanatical pris
oners of war.
Dodd was released after Act
ing Camp Commander Brig Gen.
Charles Colson stationed flame
throwing tanks and bayonet
wielding infantrymen around
the compound. , . -
In Tokyo, Gen. Mark W.
Clark, newly-appointed U.S. and
UN Far East commander, issued
a statement accusing the Com
munist -prisoners of "unadulter
ated blackmail" in seizing Dodd.
He said the whole incident was
plotted for its propaganda effect.
To Influence Armistice
He said the Dodd incident and
two previous riots at the Koje
island camp "were motivated by
attempts to influence the armis
tice negotiations."
that they intend to use the daily
negotiating sessions solely as a
sounding board for Red propa
ganda unless the Allies accept
Communist truce terms or sus
pend the talks.
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy,
Chief U. N. delegate, emerged in
an angry mood from the confer
ence tent after the 52-minute
session. He said the Reds had
poured a flood of "Invective, dis
tortions and palpable lies" on
the Allies.
North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam
II, reading from a prepared
statement, hurled charges
against the U. N. of massacres,
barbarous measures, blood-steal
ing, forced tattooing, maltreat
ment of prisoners and indis
criminate insults.
Included in the Ions list of
charges was a serious protest
for an alleged strafing attack
by four Allied planes against a
prisoner of war camp at Kang-
dong in North Korea.
Nam said four U. N. prisoners
were injured in a recent attack
on the camp, the same one Com
munist negotiators claimed was
bombed by Allied planes last
January.
The North Korean general
formally requested that U. N
"insure against a reoccurrence
of such Incidents in the future.'
Joy acknowledged the charge
and said an appropriate investi-
gaation would be made.
DAY Chapter Meeting
To Elect, Nominate
An imDortant meetinc nf .Tank.
son county Chapter 8, Disabled
American Veterans, will be held
at the courthouse auditorium at
8 Dm. Tuesdav. it wu an
nounced by OAV officers today.
A vote on the proposed pur
chase of property will be taken;
delegates to the state convention
will be elected, and officers of
the chapter for the coming year
will be nominated.
BULLETINS
Providence, H. I. (U.R)
Gen. Dwight D. Sitenhower
Monday captured four at-large
delegatei and appeared likely
to get all eight of Rhode Is
land's delegatet to the Repub
lican National Convention.
The GOP state convention
voted 44 to 38 to adopt an all
Eitenhower at-large tlate.
Washington (UP.) The
Houte Monday ordered a con
grettional invettigation of
"immortl" material pretented
on radio and television program!.
Gen. James Van Fleet, 8th
Army commander, ordered
Dodd's release by 10 a.m. last
Saturday, threatening to use "all
necessary force"' if he was not
turned loose unharmed by then.
The North Koreans, demand
ing the right to organize and be
represented by an elected group,
did not release him until ff:30
that night, 11 and one-half hours
after the deadline.
Treated With Respect
Dodd said his captors treated
him with the "utmost respect
and courtesy." He said they gave
him flowers and medical treat
ment while dickering for the
right to organize."
He said he was seized
Wednesday at the end of a dis
cussion or communist com
plaints concerning their needs
for additional food, clothing and
medical supplies. They also
made a number of political de
mands "not appropriate for such
an interview."
"At about 3:15 p.m., I had de
cided the interview was at an
end and turned to depart, where
upon I was rushed by some 20
leaders, dragged into the com
pound and quickly carried to a
building where I was searched
and my personal possessions re
moved." On the next day, Thursday,
Dodd said he spent the day dis
cussing the organization the
prisoners had proposed. On Fri
day, he was presented with a re
vised written statement of the
organization plans, plus a num
ber of instances that concerned
injuries to prisoners.
The next three hours were de
voted to discussions of prisoner
grievances, Dodd said. ine
meeting was conducted, accord
ing to the best parliamentary
procedure . . . '
"It appeared to me that In all
cases Colonel Lee ruled in my
favor."
On Saturday morning Colson
gave them an answer to their
demands. At noon, Lee and the
prisoners told Dodd the answer
was unsatisfactory.
After further negotiations and
clarification's, the Communists
decided the agreement was sat
isfactory. Since the weather was
bad, they told DMd they wanted
to release him on Sunday.
McCarthy Fitness
Hearings Under Way
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Elections subcommittee open
ed hearings Monday on charges
against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
(R.-Wij.) after warning that
"charges, insinuations and inu-
endoes will not stop it.
First phase of the hearing on
McCarthy's fitness to sit in the
Senate concerned his dealings
with the Lustron Corp., a now-
defunct pre-fabricated housing
company which borrowed neav
ily from the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corp.
Sen. Guy M. Gillette (D.-Ia.)
put into the record a series of
letters he said tcame from Mc
Carthy denouncing the subcom
mitte and charging, among other
things, it was carrying out the
work of the Communist party.
Democratic Committee
To Plan Keauvtfr Visit
Plans for the visit to Jackson
county Thursday of Sen. Estes
Kefauver will be made at a
meeting of the Jackson County
Democratic Central committee at
8 o'clock tonight, It was an
nounced this morning by Mrs.
Mary G. Kelly, chairman.
Kefauver, leading "willing"
Demcratic candidate for presi
dent, will be in Ashland, Med
ford and Grants Pass during the
morning and afternoon.
In addition, Mrs. Kelly said,
plans for precinct organization
will me made at tonight's meet
ing. It will be at the Medford
YMCA in Room B;
Medford
United Press full Letted Wire
47th Year 16 Pages
Record Turnout
Predicted in State
Primary Election
Extensive List of
Candidates Available
Portland (U.R) A record
turnout was predicted Monday
in Oregon's all-star preferential
primary, featuring one of the
most extensive lists of candidates
in the 1952 battle for the presi
dential nominations.
Of the major GOP contenders,
only Sen. Robert A. Taf.t of Ohio
was missing from the six-candidate
Republican ballot.
First for Stevenson
And the Democratic slate
matched Illinois Gov. Adlai Stev
enson against his will with
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennes
see. The Friday contest will be the
first time Stevenson's name has
appeared on a primary ballot.'
A record registration of 387,
717 Republicans and 380.075
Democrats prompted Dave
O'Hara, state elections regis
trar, to predict a 60 per cent
vote. In the 1950 primary only
41 per cent of the registered
voters cast ballots.
The six candidates on the Re
publican ballot are Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Gov. Earl War
ren of California, Harold E. Stas
sen, Sen. Wayne Morse of Ore
gon, Gen. Douglas MacArthur
and William R. Schneider, St.
Louis attorney.
On the . Demnrratip tH nro
kefauver, Stevenson and Su
preme Court Justice William O.
Douglas.
Morse and MacArthur both
have disavowed their candidacy
and have asked voters not to
vote for them. Morse is in the
state campaigning for Eisen
hower.
And Kefauver is the only
"willing" candidate on the Dem
ocratic ballot. Stevenson has said
he is not a candidate and has
asked voters to ignore his name
on the ballot.
Portland (U.R) A revised
schedule for Sen. Estes Kefau-
ver's campaign tour through Ore
gon was announced Monday by
William L. Josslin, state director
of the Kefauver-for - President
Committee.
The Tennessee senator is
scheduled to arrive in Salem at
11:30 a.m. (PST) Tuesday'. He
will visit Monmouth, Corvallis
and Albany Tuesday afternoon
and wind up the day wtih an 7
p.m. (PST) address at the Uni
versity of Oregon.
On Wednesday, Kefauver will
visit Pendleton, Prineville, Bond,
Hood River and Klamath Falls.
On Thursday ha will be in Ash
land, Medford, Grants Pass, Coos
Bay and Roseburg.
Portland (U.R) Gov. Earl
Warren of California Monday
started on. the second and final
week of his campaign with ap
pearances booked at Roseburg,
Eugene and Coos Bay.
Eugene (U.R) The first-degree
murder trial of Elmer Bel
cher, 15-year-old Black Butte,
Ore., boy, was scheduled to open
here Monday.
Expl
osion
Resp
FREE
EFFE
onsible for Seattle Blast
Seattle. Wash. (U.R) Re
sponsible observers believed
Monday that a blinding blast
which rocked this city of 500,000
persons may have been an ex
ploding meteor.
But talk of "flying saucers"
and "guided missiles" could be
heard on any street corner.
The military was deep In a
thorough but - close-mouthed in
vestigation. An intelligence offi
cer at AlcChord Air Force Base
near Tacoma said an official
statement may be released later
Tuesday.
Residents Awakened
Thousands of startled residents
were awakened at 1:30 a.m. Sun
day by the blast which "rumbled
like a freight-train." the eerie,
blue-white light was seen at an
estimated elevation of 2,000 feet
and was visible 60 miles away.
The explosion occurred direct
ly over North Seattle and was
witnessed by many persons, in
cluding Northwest Airlines pilot
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 12,
COUNT.
GT OF OIL
Local Attorney Gives
Support to Haviland
Medford Attorney Otto Frohn-
mayer last night gave his sup
port to District Attorney Paul
Haviland in his campaign for
the Republican nomination for
reelection. Frohnmayer spoke
on both Medford radio stations
at 7 p.m.
His talk discussed the gam
bling situation in Jackson coun
ty, saying that it would be im
possible to stamp out gambling
entirely, and that if attempts
were made to do so, "the people
of this community would still
40 and 8 Members
Elect New Officers
At Wreck Saturday
At tho closing session of the
Tri Stale wreck of the 40 and 8
in the - Elks Temple basement
here' Saturday night, the voya
geurs from three states elected
Abe Henderson, San Francisco,
chef de gare; Less Lessinger.
Reno, chef de train and Val
Dage, Reno, correspondent. Reno
was selected as the place for the
next wreck and the dates will
be April 24 to 26, 1953.
George Bonner, Cave Junc
tion, and Lloyd Baldwin, San
Francisco, were elected aids to
the chef.
The ritualistic work Saturday
night was supervised by Dr. F,
J. M. Ernest, Portland, sous chef
de chemin passe; Harry Bah.1-
man. Portland, grand chef de
gare; C. J. Layton, Astoria
grand chef de train; Bert Haf
fenden, Portland, and Fred Pau
lus, Salem.
Mayor D. L. Flynn, Marvin
Kahn, Donald M. Wilson, How
ard McClure, Medford, and Les
ter Mathes, Central Point, were
initiated into the order.
Southwest City Area
Residents Awakened
A series of loud explosions
woke a number of residents in
the southwest section of Medford
early this morning between 1
and' 2 o'clock. Although reports
of the noises came from a varie
ty of sources, no one reported
them to city police.
One resident who was awak
ened said he believes the bangs
were caused by automobile back
firing and that It sounded as
though the exhaust was specially
fixed to produce the noise.
The explosions which sound
ed to some like shots, were heard
in an area which ran from South
Oakdale avenue west to the Win
chester street area.
Vienna, Austria (U.R)
Czechoslovak Minister of Inter
ior Vaclav Nosck apparently has
disappeared and may be the lat
est victim of the ruthless purge
which is sweeping Soviet satel
lite countries, well informed
sources said Monday night.
of Meteor Believed
Bert Carlson. He said he first
sighted "an object" as he pre -
pared to land at Seattlc-Tacoma
International airport.
"It was at about 7,000 feet
when it suddenly shattered Into
eight pieces which looked like
chain lightning. Fireballs trailed
to the earth," he said.
Sidne owHick. a weather ob
server at the airport, described
it as a "sort of lights-on, lights
off thing. It lasted two seconds
at most. Everything turned
blue." He also said he saw fire
balls falling to the south.
Bluish Hut Llghtt Sky
United Press Staff Correspond
ent Peter Hayes was returning to
Seattle from Bcllingham, 60
miles to the north, when he taw
the flash from the highway.
"It lit up the whole sky over
the city with a bluish hue," he
said. "It- looked like lightning
but somehow yo uknew It wasn't
lightning."
All observers agreed the my-
S
WALKOUT
to a greater or lesser extent en
gage in gambling activities be
hind barred doors and in remote
places where the problems of
enforcement and control . . .
would become far more serious
and difficult."
"The people of this county are
entitled to have a reasonable en
forcement of all laws, and that
Mr. Haviland is doing," Frohn
mayer said.
Said Campaign Istue
Frohnmayer said he believes
Nunlcy has brought up the gam
bling as one by which, "through
some stretch of the imagination,
he can convince the voters of
this county that he should be
elected. Those of us who have
lived in the county for more than
a year or two know that we do
have a peaceful and law abiding
community. If gambling, vice
and crime were really on the
rampage, as Mr. Nunley would
have you believe, certainly more
of us would have been aware of
it before Mr. Nunley decided to
run for office."
In his talk Frohnmayer also
touched on the equal enforce
ment of the laws, and quoted a
recent talk by Nunley in which
he questioned the prosecution
of men involved in a recent rape
and contributing to the delin
quency of minors criminal case.
Questions Choice
Frohnmayer asked: "How does
your statement to the press that
you . are for a government of
laws, not of men, -square with
your statement over the radio
that you would not have prose
cuted the seven so-called 'boys?'
. . . Do you consider it more im
portant to enforce the gambling
laws than to enforce laws where
the act committed is an act
which is contrary to the laws
of God, nature and man?"
The record of Haviland, as an
attorney, FBI agent, superinten
dent of state pqlice in Delaware,
and deputy district attorney and
DA appointment of the governor,
were reviewed by Frohnmayer,
and were compared unfavor
ably with the record of experi
ence on the part of his opponent.
"As one who is interested in
good law enforcement, I urge
the voters of Jackson county in
the primary election next Fri
day to vote for Paul W. Havi
land and to keep him in office
as our district attorney, Frohn
mayer concluded.
Ridgway Hands Reins
To Gen. Mark Clark
Tokyo (U.R) Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway handed over his Far
Eastern commands to Gen. Mark
W. Clark Monday and took oft
on the first lap of a 12,000-mile
flight to Paris to become su
preme Allied commander for
Europe. -
He is exchanging the roles of
commander of U. S. forces In
the Far East and supreme com
mander of United Nations forces
in Korea for that of commander
of the North Atlantic Pact arm
ed forces In succession to Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower. '
-terious object was
'from southwest to
travelling
northeast
when it blew up.
Despite the force of the blast
there were no reports of damBge
and no fragments of the "thing"
have been recovered.
Cambridge, Mass. (U.R) S
Harvard University's meteor ex
pert says the giant fireball that
split over Seattle, Wash., Sun
day could have wiped out the
city and Its ncalry 500,000 inhab
itants if it had been a little near
er the earth.
Can Cauta Damage
A big enough meteor can
cause more damage than several
hydrogen. bombs," said Dr. Fred
L. Whipple, an astronomy pro
fessor and widely-known author
ity on meteors.
He said a meteor which fell In
the wilds west of Vladivostok
Russia In 1947 "blew down trees
and leveled everything within a
radius of 30 miles."
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FEEL
Lack of Gasoline
Felt as Far as
Finland, Honolulu
Non-Communist
Nations Affected
Denver, Colo. (U.R) Crip
pling effects of the nationwide
strike of 90,000 oil workers
reached from Finland to Hono
lulu Monday as the 13-day-old
walkout continued to shut off
fuel supplies.
Ratification of a wage pact be
tween Standard Oil of California
and 20 locals of the Independent
Union of Petroleum Workers
was announced Sunday, The
agreement, approved by a 96
per cent majority of the 5,000
West Coast oil workers, called
for an average 18V4 cent hourly
wage increase.
Strike Unaffected
The pact, however, had no ef
fect on the nationwide strike
by a coalition of 22 CIO, AFL
and independent unions.
The strike theatened to cut
into the non-Communist nations'
fuel supplies because the U. S
sends gasoline to more than half
the world market.
The strike also hit commer
cial airlines, which have ground
ed a number of domestic and
foreign flights, and the military
was using its fuel supplies only
for essential operations.
Motorittt Feel Strike
Some motorists and service
stations were finding there
wasn't enough gas to go around
especially In the East and Mid
west.
The main pinch was in the
supply of aviation fuel, how
ever. . .
United Airlines "announced H
had cancelled temporarily 14
flights from San Francisco.
On the East Coast, air service
from ldlewild International Air
port at New York also was hit.
No U.S.-to-Europe flights from
rome suspensions were expected.
Plana Fuel Cuts Asked
The U. S. and Great Britain
Saturday joined In calling on
all free nations to take cuts in
use of aviation fuel to help make
up the loss of 40 per cent of
capacity production in this coun
try, government officials said.
Finland was one of the first
of the non-Communist nations
to respond to the reduction ap
peal. Steel Seizure
Arguments Start
Washington (U.R) The steel
Industry opened arguments In an
historic Supreme Court heating
Monday on the constitutionality
of President Truman's April 8
seizure of the steel mills.
John W. Davis of New York,
79-ycar-old Democratic presiden
tial nominee in 1924 and one of
the nation's foremost constitu
tional lawyers, led off for the
steel companies.
The chamber was Jam-packed
at Drvis started the oral argu
ments In the great legal battle.
Davis represented seven stc'
companies which are challenging
the seizure.
After the Industry presents its
side, Acting Attorney General
Philip B. Pnrlman will present
the government's case. ,
Reprisals Promised
For Western Germany
Berlin (U.R) The East Ger
man Communists said Monday
that "consequences for West
Berlin" will follow the day after
West Germany signs its proposed
contract with the Allies.
The threat was made by East
German Deputy Premier Waller
Ulbricht as the Russians for the
fifth straight day prevented
American and British military
police from patrolling the high
way leading to Western Ger
many. "The government of the East
German Republic will never
allow without a fight the Ade
nauer government's signature of
the contractual agreement," Ul
bricht said, referring to the
agreement which Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer and the west
ern Allies are to sign late this
month.
Five-Day Week
Won by Drivers
n Long Walkout
Ratification of
Agreement Epected
San Francisco (U.R); Grey
hound buses, missing from high
ways during a f.7-day walkout
of drivers and terminal em
ployees, will roll again by next
Monday, officials promised.
Many may be back in service
by the end of this week, in ac
cordance with an agreement for
ending the drivers' strike, which
extended over seven Western
states.
Drivers Win Demand
Drivers won their main de
mand, a five-day work week, in
the negotiations, which were re
fereed by Federal Conciliator
Omar Hoskins.
Before the buses can move.
the agreement must be ratified
by 51 per cent of more than
3.000 striking members of the
AFL Amalgamated Association
of Motor Coach Employees
Union. This was considered
automatic, and the only delay
now is while mailed ballots are
being returned by the drivers.
Pattern Expected
The new contract was an
nounced by Hoskins Sunday. It
affects striking workers of Pa
cific Greyhound in California,
Oregon, Arizona, Utah,- Nevada,
New Mexico and parts of Texas.
In addition, it is expected to
set a pattern for settlement of
strikes at the Northwest Grey
hound, Overland Greyhound and
Oregon Motor Stages which
operates in Washington and
Utah.
The Agreement Includes, be
sides the five-day week, an im
mediate 4.6 per cent general
wage increase and additional
raises to compensat for the re
duction in hours worked. Fur- .
ther cost-of living wage boosts
are scheduled for March, 1953,
and the same month in 1954. -
Anti-Cloud Seeders
Sign Law Petitions
At Friday Meeting
Eagle Point One of a serlea
of meetings sponsored by the
Moisture Conservation League,
Inc., to organize opposition to
cloud-seeding, was held here Fri
day evening. Petitions to place
on the November general elec
tion ballot a proposal which
would outlaw private weather
control attempts were given to
circulators, and signatures were
accepted.
James Miller, Medford, who
operates ranches in the Apple
gate and Ashland areas, is pres
ident of the league. He described
the organization as a non-profit
group, paying no salaries, with
a membership fee of $1.
More Than 100 Attend
More than 100 farmers of the
Rogue valley attended the meet
ing, and heard arguments against
cloud seeding, which concentrate
on the assertion that flights to
seed clouds for the prevention of
hail have cut down on rainfall.
(The Rogue Valley Traffic as
sociation has hired two Medford
pilots, Harvey Brandau and Eu
gene Kooser, to make the anti
hail flights. No hail damage has
been reported In the past three
years during the experiments,
compared to reported hail dam
age to fruit on virtually every
preceding year.)
Ed Hanley, Medford attorney
for the league, said. "This is no
question of putting anyone out
of business. We had famous fruit
here before cloud seeders were
heard of.
County Equalization
Board Meets Today
Jackson county's board of
equalization met this morning In
the county assessor's office to
hear any complaints on property
assessments and to check the
assessor's rolls, according to
County Assessor C. A. Myers.
The board will investigate any
complaints, he said, and is em
powered by state law to "correct
any incorrect assessments."
Myers said he knew of only one
complaint to be heard, although
there could be others.
The three-man board will
meet for the first time today,
the assessor pointed out, under
the new state law which replac
es the older five-ban setup.
Members of the new board are
County Judge J. B. Coleman,
Arnold Bohnert and Ralph Cook.
WEATHER
rlotiriinets, mild temperatures
tonight and Tuesday. A few
showers In mountains Tues
day afternoon. l,ow tonight
45. High Tuesday S-7lr.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 6X
Lowest this Mornlnc i