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Allied Planes Hit
Chemical
North Korea Raid
Seoul, Kore& UR) One
fighter-bombers rained bombs, bullets and rockets through a North
Korean chemical plant Monday and protecting Sabrejets added
two more Communist MIG-15 jets to their August toll.
Five fighter-bomber wings of Shooting Stars and Thunderjets
and two groups of Marine aircraft struck Namsok, about 20 miles
north of the east coast port of Wonsan.
The Allied planes dropped 140 tons of bombs and destroyed
29 Red-occupied buildings and damaged a power station. Namsok
was not one of the 78 North Korean towns slated to receive radio
warnings in the event of an air attack.
Six MIG-15 jets seen in the area were attacked by American
pilots, who chalked up claims of one MIG probably destroyed and
one damaged.
It was the eighth straight day that the Sabrejets tangled with
Russian-built fighters an it brought their MIG toll for the month
to 52, including 24 destroyed.
Latest Attack in Series
To Cripple Red Effort
It was the latest attack of a
series designed to cripple the
Communist war effort in Korea
and persuade the Reds to make
peace with the Allies.
B-26 light bombers from the
17th Bomb Wing attacked a sup
ply target near Haeju, just
above the 33th Parallel in the
West.
British carrier-based pilots for
the second day in a row Sunday
administered a slap in the face
to Communist MIG-15 jets. Propeller-driven
Sea Furies from
HMS Ocean damaged and pos
sibly destroyed one of the Russian-built
jet fighters and drove
off seven more during a raid
near Chinnampd, western port
for the North Korean capital of
Pyongyang.
Freight Yard Attacked
Japan-based B-29"s attacked a
freight yard at Chinnampo Sun
day night while Okinawa-based
Superf orts flew close air support
along the battlefront.
Radio Pyongyang charged
Saturday's B-29 raid on Red sup
ply depots in the North Korean
capital killed or wounded 1,000
persons. The propaganda broad
cast said 44 Superforts took part
in the raid, but U.N. Air Head
quarters in Tokyo said only 10
or 11 were used.
Ground Weather Hot
On the ground, the war was
fought in 104-degree heat.
Chinese Communists tossed
tt:ii
U.S. Marines off siDeria run,
low advance position on the
Western Front, in a dawn at
tack Sunday. The Marines had
taken it only -four hpurs before.
The successful Chinese coun
terattack marked the fifth time
the hill has changed hands in
two days.
Eiehth Army Headquarters
announced its ground forces in
flicted 2,520 Communist casual
ties in the first week of August,
the highest since early July.
Congressmen Visit
Rogue
Forest Area
Several congressmen passing
through southern Oregon en
route to California were guests
of a tour last week-end of timber
and mining claims in the Rogue
River National forest, according
to J.A. Wood, supervisor of the
forest.
They included several mem
bers of the Agriculture sub-committee
of the House of Represen
tatives who were given an unof
ficial tour of various timber and
recreation points in this area.
They were shown timber and
mining claims in the Union creek
area when they stopped off en
route from Lakeview to Califor
nia on other official business.
The sub-committee had come
from Graves Harbor, Wash., to
Lakeview and was officially con
cerned with a sustained forest
) unit in that area. Wood reported.
The committee was not Concern-
ed with investigation of mining
claims on government - owned
lands at this time.
Members of the tour, included
L. G. Jolley, former forest ser
vice supervisor at the Medford
office, and Reps. A. F. Herlong,
Jr.. (D-Fla.), William S. Hill, (R
Colo.), Charles B. Hoeven, R
old A. Patten, (D-Ariz.), Harold
C. Ostertag (R-N.Y.), and John
C. Heimburger, counsel and
committee executive officer.
Eugene (U.R) Mrs. Bessie
Asia, wife of Oregon's leading
Sabrejet pilot who is missing in
action in Korea, said Monday
she was confident that Maj. Fe
lix Asia, Jr., successfully bailed
out of his stricken plane.
Timberline Lodge (U.R) The
annual meeting of the Western
Regional Commission for High
er Education opened at Timber
line Lodge Monday.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair -with little
temperature change through
Tuesday. Low tonight 60.
High Tuesday 93-95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 94
Lowest this Morning 61
Plant i
hundred and fifty United Nations
v 'Strange Light' Seen
In Sky Over Medford
A strange light was report
ed by Orville Bendure. 216
Chestnut street, to have cross
ed the sky above Medford at
about 10:15 p.m. Sunday.
He said the light made no
noise and travelled from the
north with another light go
ing at the same speed in front
of it and blinking. Bendure re
- ported that it went across the
sky faster than any airplane
and gave off a while light that
did not resemble a star al
though it was about the size
of a "good sized star." The
light, he said, appeared for
"about two minutes" and then
vanished.
Masked Man Takes
About $3500 From
Grants Pass Store
Grants Pass (U.R) Police
Monday were looking for a gun
man with a false nose who rob
bed the Safeway store here of an
estimated $3500 and handcuffed
the store's assistant manager to
a post.
The robbery occurred about 7
p.m. Sunday but police didn't
learn of it until after midnight
when a patrolman, testing the
lock on the store's front door,
heard yells for help from E. F.
McCallister, the assistant man
ager. Found .in Back Room
The patrolman found McCal
lister in a back room handcuffed
to a post with an old pair of
nickle-plated manacles.
McCallister said he had lock
ed up the store about 7 p.m. and
was changing a flat tire on his
automobile a short distance
from the store when a man ap
proached and asked, "Are you
having a bad time?"
McCallister said he didn't
bother to look at the man until
he felt something jab him in the
ribs. The man, who McCallister
said was- wearing a false nose,
had poked a gun partially con
cealed by a paper bag, into Mc
Callister's side and ordered him
to return to the store.
Forced to Open Safe
The gunman forced McCallis
ter to open the new store safe
and hand him the money which
he put in a shopping bag. He
then took the assistant manager
to the back room and manacled
him to the post.
Valley Pear Harvest
To Start This Week
Valley pear picking will be
gin in general later this week
with the earliest picking slated
for Wednesday, according to C.
B. Cordy, county agent in hor
ticulture. Bartletts will be the first var
iety picked and all growers who
wish to test pear samples to de
cide the exact picking time can
take specimens for this purpose
to the county agent's office
where the tester is set up. Cordy
requested that growers bring
8-10 good pears that have been
selected from underneath the
trees (not hardened by sun), and
are average pears from a parti
cular orchard for the pressure
testing.
Two US Destroyers
Hit by Communists
Washington (U.R) Two
U.S. destroyers were hit by Com
munist shore batteries off Korea
and one Washington man was
killed and another wounded, the
Navy announced Monday.
The destroyers are the Bar
ton and the John R. Pierce. The
Barton engagement occurred
Sunday, Korean time. The
Pierce was struck Aug. 6. The
Pierce was damaged seriously;
the Barton not as severly.
Dale Foemx Gray, boatswains
mate, Wenatchee, Wash., attach
ed to the Barton, was killed in
action.
Highway Mishaps
Responsible for
Seven Fatalities
Auto Runs Over Tot
In Driveway of Home
3y .UNITED PRESS
Accidents claimed the lives of
at least 10 persons in Oregon
and southern Washington, dur
ing the week-end.
Seven persons died in high
way mishaps, one was crushed,
one strangled and one drowned.
Sixteen-month-old Elmer Lar
ry Lankins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer LeRoy Lankins, Portland,
was fatally injured Sunday
night when he was run over by
a car in the driveway of his
home.
La Grande Pair Killed
Victor Ragain, 71, and his
.wife, Bessie Gekeler Ragain, 68,
La Grande, were killed Satur
day night when their automobile
was struck by a Consolidated
Freightways truck on Highway
30 about three miles east of La
Grande.
Arthur John Backen, 28, of
Albany, died ' when his car
swerved off the highway five
miles north of Lebanon" and
overturned Saturday night.
Seven-year-old Robert Henry
Spani, Bend, was killed when
an automobile driven by his
mother, Mrs. Ronald Spani,
struck a guard rail on the Wapi
nitia cutoff. .
Seattle Man Dies
Loren Wakefield, 30, of Seat
tle, died Monday morning of in
juries suffered early Sunday
when a -car in which he was a
passenger struck a guard' rail
on the Pacific highway just
north of the Vancouver, Wash.,
city limits.
Portland recorded its 28th
traffic fatality of the year Sat
urday night when a car driven
by Leona Christian, 47, of Port
land, struck and killed Daniel
W. Boone Kurtz, 78, of Portland
, An 800-gallon water tank slip
ped from the bed of a truck and
crushed 11-year-old Theodore
Radke.Tigard... Ore.
Child Strangled
One-year-old Michele Gordon
strangled in her Camas, Wash.,
home Saturday afternoon when
an open . window fell on her
neck, pinning her to the sill. Po
lice said the child apparently
had removed a stick used to
prop open the window.
Search was being made Mon
day for the body of Leonard
Moore, 39,' of '. Gold Beach,
drowned-when a small fishing
boat capsized near the mouth of
the Rogue -river Sunday.
Attempted Larceny
Lands Two in Jail
Kenneth Dale Peavler, 1122
West Eighth street, and August
ine Fred Lewis, Los Banos, Cal.,
were arrested and jailed Sun
day morning for an attempted
auto larceny, the city pouce re
port. Peavler and Lewis were ar
rested after Raymond E. Swit
zer, 112 Laurel street, a member
of the Medford Merchant police,
saw them attempting to force
their way into a car parked at
224 North Riverside avenue.
Peavler admitted he had at
tempted to get into the car by
forcing open the front . . wind
wings with a knife.
The car is owned by Ted W.
Hammond, 423 Beatty street.
Lewis denied any part in the
attempted theft, although he ad
mitted he was with Peavler when
the windows were forced.
Salem (U.R) The Vanport
College Cooperative Association
has failed supplementary articles
of incorporation here to change
its name to Portland State Col
lege Cooperative Association.
SEARCH is in progress for Wil
liam F. Rupp,18, ranch hand,
named as gun slayer of Ruby
Payne (above), 15, as she cared
for three children at Yorba Lin
da, Cal, ranch. (International)
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SON'S FATE UNKNOWN Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hvasta . and
their son, Steve, study a picture of their family's eldest son, John,
in their Hillside, N. J. home. John Hvasta, Communist-held
prisoner in Czechoslovakia since 1948, "escaped", in January, ac
cording to the Czechs in a statement to the U. S. State Department,
and his whereabouts are now unknown. Foul play is suspected
and the department has pledged its efforts to learn his fate.
Meat Plants Idled
By Work Stoppages
Chicago (U.R) Two ma
jor meat packing plants 'were
closed by work stoppages Mon
day as industry r wide contract
negotiations here reached the
deadline stage.
: Walkouts closed the Armour
plant at ' Atlanta,. Ga. and the
Cudahy plant at Wichita,- Kan.
October Draff Call
To Be 47,000 Men
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department Monday said
it has directed Selective Service
to draft 47,000 men in October
for the Army..
The Navy, Marine Corps, and
Air Force do not intend to take
any draftees during October, the
department said.
The Defense Department said
the increase of 17,000 over the
September call is necessary to
replace men drafted during the
latter part of 1950 who will be
eligible for release. The call also
is based upon maintaining ap
proved strength after estimated
allowances for reenlistments
and new enlistment.
The October call will bring to
a total of 1,060,430 the number
of men requested from Selective
Service since September, 1950.
Mossadegh Receives .
Dictatorial Powers
Tehran, Iran (U.R) The
Iranian Senate backed down
Monday before Premier Moham
med Mossadegh's threat to resign
and voted him the dictatorial
powers he had demanded to meet
Iran's economic crisis.
Only' two of the 27 senators
present voted against Mossa
degh's emergency powers bill on
the third and final reading,
which had been refused by the
upper house Saturday. One of
the two was Dr. Matin Daftari,
Mossadegh's son-in-law.
The Senate said it was satis
fied Mossadegh would not abuse
the extraordinary powers. The
bill already has been approved
by the Majlis, the lower house,
and will become law upon sig
nature by the Shah.
Jordan King Ousted;
Young Son Appointed
Amman, Jordan (U.R) The
Parliament of Jordan announced
Monday the ousting of ailing
King Talal and proclaimed, his
17-year-old son, Hussein H, as
King.
Parliament announced after a
secret session- that a regency
council has been established to
assist the new ruler.
The change comes at a time
when political tension is high in
Jordan over the Arab refugee
problem and economic difficul
ties brought on by the Palestine
war. However, the internal sta
bility of the country seemed se
cure because of the presence of
the British-staffed Arab army.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
I Absenteeism was reported high
at a second Armour plant at Tif-
ton, Ga.
Contracts between most major
packers and two unions the
CIO United Packinghouse Work
ers and the AFL- Amalgamated
Meat Cutters . expire at mid
night tonight. .-. i,-- . , ..
Armour's contract with the
CIO Packinghouse Workers ex
pired Sunday night. ,
However, the union refrained
from calling an immediate strike
on indications that the company
would make a new offer today.
Night Crew Quits
A night crew at the Atlanta
Armour plant walked off the
job at midnight and only a few
workers showed up today with
about 300 failing to report. ' -
At Tifton, Plant Manager J.
B. Gross said 65 to 70 workers
failed to report, but no picket
lines were set up and the plant
continued operations.
At Wichita, Kan., employees
at the Cudahy plant walked out
late last week pending the out
come of the negotiations here.
Negotiators, On Job
Union and management nego
tiators in Chicago worked late
into the- night in an attempt to
work out a contract for Arm
our's several plants across the
country.
The negotiators here did not
break off their talks. They re
cessed with no agreement and
scheduled another meeting later
today.
Cooler Weather Will
Reduce Fire Hazard
By UNITED PRESS
The weatherman said-Monday
cooler weather and "morning
cloudiness would reduce forest
fire danger in western Oreeon
somewhat through Tuesday but
higher temperatures and scat
tered thunderstorms east of the
Cascades would keeD the fire
hazard relatively high in the
eastern Tialf of the state. . - -Thunder
showers were report
ed in several sections of eastern
Oregon with .14 of rain falling
at Pendleton and traces record
ed at La Grande and Ontario.
Wanted Gangsters Hold Champagne Party
Right Under
Chicago (U.R) A pack of
big shot gangsters wanted for
questioning in connection with
the murder of a rival racket
eer were at large Monday after
tossing a lavish champagne par
ty right under the noses of the
police. . ' . -
Attended Fancy Party - --'
Such underworld kingpins as
Tony Accardo, reported to be the
biggest shot of them all, Jake
(Greasy Thumb) Guzik, -Sam
(Golf Bag) Hunt and Sam (Moon
ey) Giannca attended a fancy
wedding party with about 1,000
other guests early Sunday.- -
The men, followed by a pack
of reporters, gathered at the
Westward Ho' Country Club in
suburban Northlake to toast the
newly-married son of one' of their
friends. - - - -
Officers from the Northlake
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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, -
South Campaign,
Vote of Farmers
Occupy Ike's Time
Southern Republicans
Confer With Nominee
Denver (U.R) Dwight D.
Eisenhower turned his attention
Monday to the thorny problems
of trying to decide how much of
a campaign to wage in the South
and what to do to attract the
farmers' votes. '
The GOP presidential nomi
nee had a mid-morning confer
ence scheduled with 19 Repub
licans from eight . Southern
states. ; He had a luncheon en
gagement with a group of GOP
senators and " congressmen who
are members of the Senate and
House Agriculture committees.
Honored in Gallup
The former five-star general
returned to his headquarters
here for the conferences after
soending Sunday in Gallup.
N.M:, as the honored guest of
the final day of the. 30th annual
inter-tribal Indian ceremonial.
He urged the Indians in a
brief extemporaneous speech to
set a "proper example" for their
white brothers by exercising
their right to vote. Then Eisen
hower settled back to watch al
most two hours of colorful In
dian dances and various kinds of
contests, including the selection
of a beauty queen among Indian
maidens dressed in their historic
costumes.
Follow General Pattern
The conferences arranged for
Monday followed the pattern 'of
recent. , weeks during which Eis
enhower' has" "spent much of his
time talking with leading Re
publicans about.campaign issues
and problems.
The Southern Republican
leaders were invited in despite
the fact that their hopes of de
livering . normally Democratic
Southern states to Eisenhower
on Nov. 4 have suffered seyeral
recent setbacks.
UN Again Recesses
Korean Truce Talks
Panmunjom. Korea (U.R)
The United Nations asked for
and got another week's recess in
the stalemated . Korean truce
talks Monday and an armistice
seemed farther away harf ever.
The U. N. demanded the new
recess after it became apparent
at today's 35-mtnute meeting
the first in a week that the
Reds had "nothing new or dif
ferent to say." . '
The recess is the third called
by the U.N. in as many weeks.
Gen. Nam II, chief Communist
delesate, told the Allies at ihe
meeting that continued heavy
U.N. attacks In Korea "will
only invite you to miserable de
feat." "Outside the conference, your
side has brazenly attempted to
apply the so-called military pres
sure and carried out wanton and
indiscriminate bombings of our
Deaceful towns and inhabitants,"
he said.
Portland (U.R) The Nation
al association of Barber Exam
iners opened their annual con
vention here Monday in the
State Office Building.
Astoria (U.R) The Columbia
River Gillnet Fishermen's Union
struck Monday for 251i cents a
pound for Chinook, or 2V2 cents
a pound above the 1951 price.
Noses of Police
police department went to the
country club and walked around
to "look over the wedding par
ty," Police Chief Freo Heck said.
When he was told many of
the guests were wanted by Chi
cago police investigating the
shotgun murder of policy gamb
ler Theodore Roe, Heck said,
"we don't know any of those
gangsters."
Everything Okay '
'"If all those - reporters - know
so much about gangsters why
didn't they tell the Chicago po
lice or us and they could have
been arrested. Everything was
okay at the party as far -as I
know." . .
' ; Mean while it was learned the
order asking, that the under
world figures be picked up had
never been; relayed to suburban
police. Most of the wanted men
Lives
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1952
No. 122
CHAIRMAN NAMED Chicago
lawyer, Stephen A. Mitchell was
named by Governor Adlai E.
Stevenson as chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
Stevenson Given
Free Hand To Pick
National Chairman
Springfield, 111. (U.R) Presi
dent Truman gave Gov. Adlai E.
Stevenson "a completely free
hand" in choosing the chairman
of the Democratic Nationa Com
mittee for the 1952 campaign, a
spokesman for the governor said
Monday. , .
This statement was made in
response to queries about pub
lished reports Mr. Truman want
ed retiring Chairman Frank" E.
McKinney kept in the chairman
ship and that there was disagree
ment over whether Mr. Truman
or the governor should kick off
the . campaign with Labor day
speeches. .
Met With Stevenson
Stevenson, .the' Democratic
presidential nominee, last week
named Stephen A. Mitchell, Chi
cago lawyer and political new
comer, to succeed McKinney.
Mitchell and McKinney confer
red with Stevenson Sunday.
"There never was any indica
tion by President Truman to
Governor Stvenson that he (Mr.
Truman) wanted Mr. McKinney
kept as national chairman," Wil
liam I. Flanagan, the governor's
press secretary said. "The gover
nor was given a completely free
hand."
No Controversy
Flanagan also asserted there
was "absolutely no controversy
involved" about Labor Day
speeches.
He said a member of the White
House staff had advised Wilson
Wyatt, the governor's campaign
manager, a few days ago that
Mr. Truman had been "tenta
tively scheduled" for four or five
months to make a Labor day
speech at Milwaukee.
Anthony Eden To Wed
Niece of Churchill
London (U.R) Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden is to be
married soon to Miss Clarissa
Spencer Churchill, 32-year-old
niece of Winston Churchill, it
was announced Monday.
Miss Churchill is the only
daughter of the late John Spenc
er Churchill, brother of the Pre
mier. Eden, 55, is considered one of
the handsomest and best "catch
es" of British society.
Officers
live in the comfortable North
Shore suburbs.
Capt. Kinzie Blueitt of the
Wabash avenue police said" he
was sure the sheriff's police had
been informed of the pickup or
der. But the county officers said
they did not have any orders to
arrest the Capone syndicate lead
ers. -
"We're doing all we can -to
find them,"-Blueitt said.
Blueitt seemed happy . that
his quarry was still in the vicin
ity of Chicago when he was in
formed of their social outing.
"I'm glad to hear they're still
in the Chicago area. I was afraid
they might have lammed to Flor
ida. It may take a day or two
longer, but we'll get them."
Roe was shot down in the gut
ter a week ago Monday. The
crime is still unsolved.
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2 Persons Missing;
Houses Destroyed
In Freak Storm
Wenas Creek Area
Feels Storm's Brunt
- Yakima (U.R) The body
of Mrs. Norman Winchell, one
of two persons missing Sun
day after a flash flood struck
Wenas, Wash., was found Mon
day. Her body had washed up
into debris.
Yakima (U.R) A 37-year-old
mother and her five-year-old son
were missing Monday and four
women were injured in a freak
summer storm and flash flood
which roared down Wenas creek
Sunday night.
Missing were Mrs. Norman
Winchell, 37, and her son, Floyd,
who occupied one of the seven
houses swept away by the flood
waters gushing down the Wenas
valley about 15 miles north of
Yakima.
Taken to St. Elizabeth hospital
with serious injuries were: Mrs.
Alfred Webb, Mary Ann Webb,
17, Mrs. Bill Eckley and Sharon
Winchell.
Many Trees Down
Telephone and power lines
spiderwebbed the Wenas Valley
road and scores of trees were
knocked flat and a main north
south state highway was blocked
by monstrous slides in the sud
den, terrific thunderstorm which
lasted about an hour.
Yakima Deputy Sheriff Gene
Pomeroy said one farm house
was swept down the suddenly
swollen creek and smashed
against a county bridge.
"It looks like the flood hit so
suddenly and unexpectedly that
the people barely had a chance
to get out before their houses
were swept away," he said.
Six People in House
Mrs. Webb told an ambulance
driver who took her to the hos
pital that six people were in one
house when it was carried off.
"We were all sitting in the
house when suddenly we heard
a terrific noise. We looked out
the window and saw our rabbit
hutch disappear. Before we
could get out a huge wave of
water and debris hit the house."
At least 100 sheriff deputies,
state patrolmen and other rescue
workers sped to the area immed
iately after the storm. Land
slides on " the Wenas road
smashed at least four cars, but
no one was believed to have
been inside at the time. Windows
and power lines all over the Yak
ima valley were destroyed and
the streets of Yakima were over
flowing with water in many
places.
Local Blood Drive
Receives Impetus
Impetus was given the local
blood program Sunday which
needs 250 donors by this Wed
nesday when President Truman
launched a new unified national
blood program to build up the
plasma stockpile against pos
sible atomic attack or natural
disasters, according to local
blood bank officials.
John Steelman, acting defense
mobilizer, announced the pro
gram which will coordinate the
Red Cross, defense department
and civil defense administration
into the campaign for donations.
The program will satisfy whole
blood needs for the armed forces
and civilian needs first, with all
remaining blood being built up
into an emergency stockpile.
Locally, the Red Cross office
urged all donors to join in the
new campaign and stated that
the local office had only 86 don
ors this morning, while it needs
250 by Wednesday when the
bloodmobile unit will be at the
Elks temple from 1 to 6 p.m. for
collections. Appointments can
be made by phoning 3-3813. ,
Truman Pressured
Not To Call Congress
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman from his own par
ty Monday to forget about call
ing Congress back to strengthen
price controls at leats until
after the November elections.
Sen. John J. Sparkman, the
Democratic vice presidential
nominee, publicly declared his
opposition to the special session
which Mr. Truman said last
week he is considering.
. Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the
Democratic presidential nominee
will have a chance to put in his
oar on the subject when he at
tends a White House ' luncheon
with Mr. Truman and the Cab
inet Tuesday.
BASEBALL'
NATIONAL
1st game
New York 10 13 2
Boston 11 12 2
Jansen. Wilhelm 5. Spencer
8, Gregg 8. and Westrum;
Yvars; Wilson, Jones 5, Chip
man 8, Lanier 8, Spahn 9, and
Cooper.