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History from the files of The
MaU Xnune 10. 10. SO and
40 year, ago.
10 YEARS AGO I
Aug. 26, 1143 .
(It was Thursday)
Russian, German tank battles
rage in Ukraine.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot colmun: A - con
gressman fooling around a Wis
consin dairy farm was chased
by a bull and pursued just did
make it over the fence in time.
The bull was trying to get re
venge for being thrown so much
by the statesman.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26. 1933
(It was Saturday)
City and county to be 'check
ed for blue eagles.
Annual Southern Oregon golf
tourney opens.
tO YEARS AGO
Aug. 26. 1923
at was Sunday)
Reginald H. Parsons to exhib
it fancy stock at state fair.
Business on Pacific coast
hows steady increase.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26. 1913
(It was Tuesday)
Rich strike reported at Kane
creek mine.
Prosperous year predicted for
fruit growers.
Potluck
By M-T Staff and Contributor
"I simply can't subtract.' said
the customer in Lawrence's store
while writing a check for a
wedding present. "I can add, but
I can't subtract!"
"Well, at least put ail the
figures down." said Elsie But
ler, who teaches mathematics in
Medford Senior High school
when she's not tending counter
at the family store. "I know one
Medford woman who never
bothers with the odd cents when
she uses her checkbook. She
claims the 'round figures' are
so much easier to keep track of,
and that her balance isn't really
so very much different from the
one the bank has.
The calendar say August. But
the evenings say fall. The maple
tree out the window does too.
Fall, when the leaves turn
bright and brown, and rustle like
taffeta skirts when you pass.
One of the most beautiful times
of the year. One of the most in
vigorating too.
There are lots of things that
come to mind with autumn.
Maybe just nostalgic thinking
but what has become of all the
spicy, fragrant, mellow apple
butter we used to know? Do
we just not know the right per
sons, or has it, like other little
arts, given way to march of
time? MMMMmmm! On hot
cakes on a winter morning.
Huckleberries Ripening
In Forests of County
Huckleberries are rapidly rip
ening in the county's forests, it
was reported today from the of
fice of the Rogue River National
forest.
Berries are now ready for
picking in the Rustler peak,
Blue peak. Upper South fork
region, it was reported, and
they are expected to be ripe on
Huckleberry mountain about
the second week in September.
It appears to be a good crop
this year, the report said.
Landmark Threatened .
Anvone visitine Jacksonville, one of the West's
oldest towns, must be impressed by the fact that
practically all of the buildings in the downtown sec
tion are made of brick. A majority of these structures
are in fairly good state ' of preservation, mainly be
cause all except a very .few were constructed, after
the fires of 1873 and 1874 which laid waste nearly
all of the wooden business
Old Jacksonville has
those in the 70's but time, weather and man's under
ground quest for gold have taken their toll and some
01 me DUCK DUlluings which bluuu xui ui su uiipusuigi v
three-quarters of a century ago are now beginning to
come apart in places, their cracks and sags foretelling
eventual total disintegration unless early, extensive
and in some cases expensive repairs are made.
AMONG the buildings beginning to show the weight
of their years is the U. S. Hotel on California
street Built in 1880, the U. S. Hotel occupies the
site where an earlier hostelry, the Union Hotel, burned
in the great fire of 1873.
It would be a shame for Jacksonville and for
Oregon to let the old U. S. Hotel become a heap of
rubble for it boasts perhaps the most colorful history
of any of the structures in the former southern Ore
gon metropolis.
According to the most generally accepted story,
it was built by a lady of French origin, known as
"the Madam," who, evidently with an eye to business,
married a local stone mason so that his skill and bricks
might be utilized. Holt was the man's name and
thus the French lady became known as Madam Holt-
e
CYNE of the first guests of the new and resplendant
stopping place was President Rutherford B.
Hayes. On receiving word of his forthcoming visit,
Madam Holt went to elaborate pains to decorate her
best suite in the manner she felt would become a
United States president The party arrived, washed
the stains of stage travel from their persons, enjoyed
the evening's bill -of -fare and in due time were
bedded down.
It was only an overnight
and in the morning the President was shocked upon
presentation of the bill by the Madam. History does
not record the exact total, the stories running from
$100 to $300, but the chit is understood to have in
cluded the cost of much of the room's furnishings for
the special occasion.
Whether the President
there or whether it was ever paid in full is not clear
at this late date, but a letter from John Sherman,
then secretary of the treasury, states that: "Madam,
the President merely desired a night's lodging and
iiau no iiiieiuiuii wnaiever oi purcnasing your prop
erty." The President himself, had a word to say about
the bill, legend having it that after battling an army
of bedbugs throughout the night, he remarked the
next morning that he wasn't so much put out by the
excessive charge for the presidential suite, but he did
object to "sleeping withtne entire Republican party."
THE grand ball room of the hotel was the scene of
cav social life, the heautv and tha rhivalrv vf f ha
Ro?ue countrv dancinc and
too the traveling theatrical
ine u. is. notei Duiicung eventually passed into
the hands of the countv aa did manv nf f Via nfhar
-gj ' -y el v vvuvi
buildings of the town when gold mining died, de-
ViWAOfil AOTM lejfA J 4Vl Aiajh we a m . 1. .1
picaoxuiia mu uiu uieie was
to pay taxes. Deeded by
Jacksonville in the 1920's.
used by fraternal and social
quaners, ior town meetings, ana lor some years
it housed the Jacksonville Museum.
But now the historic landmark has been con
demned as a fire and safety hazard. Large cracks
have appeared in the rear walls, jjerhaps as a result
of mining tunnels driven underneath, and an inspect
ing architect said he found indications of "lack of
laierai siaomiy.
JACKSONVILLE'S city council faces something of
a problem in seeking ways' and means of saving
the old building for the deed from the county stipu
lates that it cannot be rented or leased and there
fore there is no revenue to cover repairs and what
with other municipal expenses the city itself cannot
furnish the considerable sum required.
It has been suererested that Jaoksrmviiio
property to the county and that the latter negotiate
with some private individual or interest for its pur
chase or lease for exploitation purposes. It is be
lieved that the old hotel could return a nice profit
if the interior was refurbished with some resemblance
to the original and gift shops or other attractions
were installed. Such use of the building would not
only make a profit for the owner or renter but would
help to attract visitors to Jacksonville-
CINCE establishment of the Jacksonville Museum
37 months ago, it has been' visited by an average
of 3,396 people monthly. With additional attractions
and publicity there is no doubt that many more
would visit the historic town, and, incidentally, spend
a little monev if the latter nnnnrtiinifv r. j
We are somewhat slow
x vamauiiviiie wim us siage coacn era build
ings and Colorful rnlH mart an1 Tn'ov, L.'-i.
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were located in California
substantial J,nH
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iore tnis. E.C.F.
Woman Engrossed in TV
St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. William
McDowell was so intent on a
television program she didn't
notice the burglar who walked
through her living room into a
bedroom.
Wednesday. August St. 1S5S
area.
had no major fires since
stop for the Hayes party!
settled the hill then and
flirtintr therp snrl tWa
groups put on their shows.
no ousiness ana no money
the countv to the CAtv nf
the structure tins hoon
groups, as public library
about such things in Ore-
"'iou n at History
it would have been paying
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WUiBl a in action long De-
Doesn't See Burglar
one tnougn the man rummag
ing around in the bedroom was
ner nusband.
When the program was over
she turned on the lights and
found the man gone also her
wallet with S32 and sport coat
Crosstown
PEEYVEE
LEAGUE
111 shadow box and punch the bag. I don't do any skip-rope tuff."'
On The Side
(Distrlevtea' by Kief
According to Sir AUan .Her
bert, a man enjoying a quiet
drink at a London pub was ap
proached and harassed by a total
abstainer who lectured him on
the evils of drink. The drinker
listened patiently for a period
but the nagging of his critic fi
nally became unbearable. The
drinker then said to the lectur
ing abstainer, "Listen, my father
began the day with tirandy and
a cigar. He had beer for break
fast, whisky for lunch, port
wine for dinner. He smoked all
the time. He lived to be 93, and
after he had been dead three
days he looked a lot better than
you do now."'
Old Firm
Not many manufacturers of
homemade cigars are active
these days. However, there is
one in Louisville, Ky., that has
been in business 69 years. It is
still managed by its founder, Ed
ward Reiss, who is 86. One of
the first cigars Mr. Reiss made
was called the "Marvin Hart" in
honor of the boxer of that name.
The company's slogan is "Made
for the Smoker Who Knows.
Incidentally, I am partial to
hand made cigars. I think they
draw better. Also the leaf used
is often selected more carefully
by the handmade cigar people.
Stormy Weather
There was a terrific thunder
and lightning storm down our
way. I don't care for 'lightning.
Especially that New Jersey
lightning. However, it Is said
the chance of being struck by
lightning, even when you are
in the open, is 1,000 to 1 Light
ning does strike twice in the
same place. If a spot has been
hit by lightning once, the odds
that it will be hit again remain
the same. There were two dogs
at our place during that storm.
One dog barked at the lightning.
The other ran under a bed.
Variety
How about your favorite
"pub"? Is it an unusual place?
Johnny and Joe's Brentwood Inn
is the name of a Baltimore
Congressional Quiz
Qvectieat and Answers ea What Geea Oa at the Capital
Famished hy Ceaf reuioaal Quarterly Newt Features
Q Aside from Presidential
and Vice Presidential candidates,
who drew the largest vote ever
cast for an Individual running
for office In this country?
A According to a study oi
Rep. ' Gordon L- McDonough.
(R-Calif.), Sen. William F.
Knowland, (R-Calif.), holds that
distinction. Unopposed by a
major party, Knowland received
3,982,448 votes for Senator in
1952.
Q To what levels of taxa
tion wUl we return if scheduled
repeals and reductions take ef
fect? A In most cases, excise, cor
poration and personal income
taxes would revert to levies in
effect in 1950. The Revenue Act
of 1951 Imposed "temporary" in-,
creases to pay for the Korean
war. GerieraUy, the increased
personal income taxes were lim
ited by the Act to Jan. 1. 1954,
while the new and higher excise
and corporation taxes were
scheduled' to expire March 31,
1954- N
Q Why are Congressional
committee chairmanships con
centrated regionally?
A Under the seniority rule,
tne chairman of a committee
generally is the member of the
majority party with the longest
continuous service on that com
mittee. Members of Congress
from states which habitually
vote for one party tend to build
up the greatest continuous senior
ity. Under Democratic control,
most committees were headed by
Southerners and Members from
Democratic strongholds in the
West In the 83rd Congress, the
bulk of chairmen are from "safe"
Republican states in the Eastern,
Central, and Western regions.
Q Are private contractors
fiy ftofancf Cot
y -v. burling
Feareres Sye4Jcre, he)
neighborhood tavern. This place
offers over 1,400 different items.
Among these are 14 brands of
imported beers, 257 brands of
whiskies and cordials and 47
brands of local and nationally
known beers. That's quite an as
sortment. Brings to mind that
there is a liquor store on Madi
son ave., Manhattan, that offers
for sale over 200 different
brands of whisky!
Kiwis
Know what a kiwi bird is? It
is a bird native to New Zealand
that once could fly but now
can't. That s why former Ameri
can airline hostesses, grounded
because of marriage or because
of change of occupation, call
their organization the '"Kiwi
Club." There are 21 Kiwi clubs
in the U.S.A. The Kiwis will
have a convention next year in
Chicago. That should be quite
an assemblage of beautiful fe
males. Eye Catcher
Know what an "eye catcher"
is in advertising parlance? It is
a cleverly worded line that
catches the eye of the reader
and inspires him to read what
is below it. One of the most ef
fective eye. catchers of aU time
appeared at the top of dancing
teacher Arthur Murray's first
advertisement at the time he was
selling dancing lessons by mail.
It read, "How I Became Popular
Over Night." That advertisement
started Murray, currenUy a mil
lionaire, on the road to fame and
fortune.
Asides
My campaign for larger cuts
of pie in restaurants seems to
be getting somewhere. I am im
formed that Jones' cafe, Ouray,
Colo.,, cuts pie into four large
pieces. Price per cut, 20 cents.
. . . World's greatest patrons of
the daily double are the New
Jersey horseplayers. The world's
record for money bet in one
daily double is held by Mon
mouth Park, N.J. Amount bet
was over half a million dollars.
To be exact, $513,516.
working for the federal govern
ment aUowed to practice racial
or religious discrimination
against employees or job appli
cants? A Not according to law. Most
federal contracts contain a pro
vision forbidding discrimination.
Agencies letting the contracts
are responsible for enforcement
using contract cancellation as a
weapon. The Committee on Gov
ernment Contract Compliance
reported that enforcement has
been ineffective. President Eisen
hower Aug. 13 established the
new Government Contract Com
mittee to help the agencies en
force non-discrimination provi
sions. O Was ammunition rationed
to combat units during the last
months of the Korean war?
A In a report released Aug.
12, a Senate Armed Service sub
committee said rationing was
not resorted to, even during the
July Communist offensives- The
subcommittee reported consider
able progress in overcoming am
munition shortcomings, in con
trast to its report last May, in
which it charged that shortages
had resulted in "needless loss of
American lives."
(Copyright 1953.
Congressional Quarterly)
Women and Children
Butchered by. Raiders
Port Moresby, New Guinea
0J.R) A jungle patrol lead
er told government officials to
day that raiders had butchered
women and children and eaten
young men of a rival tribe in a
massacre.
W. J. Johston said his patrol
had found the bodies of women
and children and remains of the
young men.
In the Day's Kens'
By FRANK JENKTJfS
President Eisenhower has
made public a special report on
world trade which urgently calls
for a low-tariff policy. It says the
unity of the free world wUl be
uncertain ' unless the United
States accepts more foreign prod
ucts. The report which was pre
pared by Lewis Douglas, a for
mer ambassador to Britain and a
former director of the U. 8. bu
reau of the budget adds that the
United States it the world's
greatest creditor nation and can
not foUow the protectionist poli
cies of a debtor and hope to
escape discrimination by others.
LETS'S go back into history.
.There was a long period at
the height of Britain's greatness
when Britain was a FREE
TRADE country.
Why?, :
What we caUHhe Mechanical
Revolution (making goods in
large quantities by machine in
stead of making them in small
quantities by hand) originated in
Britain. As a result of it Britain
became the world's greatest cred
itor nation. That is to say, Brit
ain "SOLD GOODS to aU the rest
of the world because by ma
chine Britain could make goods
cheaper than anybody else could
make them by hand.
The time when Britain was
selling more goods abroad than
her foreign customers has pounds
or GOLD to pay with. The result
was that British trade suffered.
In order to go on trading with
the rest of the 'world, Britain
had to accept IN TRADE the
products of other countries.
Trade, you know, is a TWO-WAY
street. It can't function as a ONE
WAY street.
Hence Britain's free trade pol
icy. nr"HTS Is the noint:
We have reached the place
reached by Britain when the
Mechanical Revolution enabled
her to seU more goods to the rest
of the world than the rest of the
world could pay for.
FDR YEARS, we've been kid
ding ourselves. WE'VE BEEN
GIVING OUR GOODS AWAY.
Thus, at the expense of the
American taxpayer, we've been
able to maintain a ONE-WAY
STREET economy. But that time
is about over. For one thing, the
American taxpayer is getting
extremely tired of it.
The time is near when our tax
payers will rebel at giving our
goods away to foreigners in or
der to maintain a one-way street
THAT is to say:
The time is about here when,
in SELF-PROTECTION, we shall
have to lower (if not abolish
completely) our tariffs in order
to go on trading with the rest of
the world.
As Britain did at the peak of
her industrial greatness.
LET'S put it this way:
If you're in business and a
time comes when everybody
owes you and has no money to
pay you with, what do you do?
Why, you TAKE IT OUT IN
TRADE.
Historically, the American
newspaper (especially in the
smaller communities) is a shin
ing example of that situation. If
a newspaper can't get cash for
its- subscriptions, it takes chick
ens, pigs, garden truck and what
have you.
I know, for I've done it. No
longer ago than 1933.
WE'RE not going to like it of
" course. Industry is going to
yeU bloody murder if it has to
compete with lower-cost foreign
products. Farmers are going to
howl like a wounded wolf if
they have to compete with lower
ccst agricultural commodities.
And labor is going to wail like
a banshee if it has to compete
with lower foreign wages.
But the alternatives are so
terrible that we wiU be forced,
at the peak of our industrial
greatness, to do what the British
had to do at the peak of their
industrial greatness. If we can't
get cash for what we have to sell
abroad, we'U have to take it out
iii trade, as the British did.
We can't go on forever giving
our goods away to foreigners.
Our taxpayers won't stand for it.
rr should be added here that
free trade didn't bankrupt
Britain. As long as Britain re
mained Industrially dominant In
the world, FREE TRADE MADE.
HER GREATER AND MORE
PROSPEROUS-
Two Jef Planes Collide
Off Southern Japan Coast
Tokyo Cu.R) Two u.s.
Air Force F80 jet fighter planes
collided off southern Japan to
day and crashed into the sea.
An Air Force spokesman said
one pilot bailed out and was
picked up by Japanese fisher
men. Ships and planes are
searching the area for the sec
ond pilot
Court Records
DISTRICT COUKT
Bobby D. Clark, no emergency
brake, S6. i
Jesse T. Barnes, no motor vehicle
license. e.
. OrvUle A. Williams, overload. SI88.
Jerry B. Morton, overload. $42.90.
William L. Saylor, overwidUt load.
$15. overload. $91.
Dead Una for Sunday Classified is
t noon aaturaays.
Communist's Beaten
By Narrow Margin
In Iranian
By WALTER O. RUHDLE
United Press Foreign Analyst
Now that the dust and the up
rooted statues have settled back
into place In Iran, one thing has
become uncomfortably clear:
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
and friends beat the Communists
to the draw in that mid-Eastern
hot-spot by the narrowest of mar
gins. Mossadegh, who gave his na
tion blood and tears without the
sweat had run the situation so
far into the ground that some
thing had to give.
The British, who have the big
gest direct stake in the situa
tion, admit now that they'd just
about written Iran .off as lost
when the Shah and his chosen
successor to Mossadegh, Maj.
Gen. Fazlollah Zahedi, appealed
to the Army to disobey Mossa
degh and his "illegal govern
ment"
Desperate Shah
The desperation of the situa
tion can be understood when It
is recalled that Zahedi was in
hiding for fear of his life and
the Shah was in Iraq, en route
to Rome, for similar urgent rea
sons of health.
The beginnings of the mop-up
of ringleaders of the Tudeh
(Communist) party this week
have given a hint of the ex
tensive preparations by the other
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Why Worry About
An Old -Wino?"
To the Editor: Yes, Oh, Yes!!
Let's investigate the Medford
Police Department Let's reor
ganize it
Let's fire the old chief and get
a know-it-all big-head to take his
place..
The "young brats" have more
sense than a man of maturity and
judgment anyway. He is bora
that way, and can't help it if his
head is swelled beyond normal.
The chief does not amount to
anything and must not be con
sidered. Thus all is settled
quietly.
Only, he has given 24 years
of honest, dependable service to
an ungrateful public which does
not appreciate such integrity.
Squibs in the omnipotent M.T.
seem to indicate he has stepped
on some toes. Fine. He should
have stepped on more, and hard.
As to Hurley, the unfortunate
who died a couple of days after
being "picked up" by the police.
We'll not gloss things over.
The police department has no
doctor and never did have one.
Welfare? Phui! A joke.
He woulci maybe have re
ceived care next summer at 6
o'clock, or some other time.
Always tomorrow there. Al
ways! I am a veteran,' 74 years old,
Spanish war, and I know vet
erans. The veteran who, regrettably,
caused all this rumpus, so far as
I can learn was a "wino." And
anything can happen to a "wino"
and often does.
With a man reeking with alco
hol, the every day run-of-the-mill
officer is not likely to look
very closely for injuries to a
drunk.'
So why all the furore? It is not
justified.
Clatous McCredie I have
known for twenty-eight years.
For solid honesty, sobriety, in
tegrity and attention to duty no
d d young buck can do better.
Keep the old chief and know
you have a MAN, not a martinet
and smart aleck.
Andy Unger,
634 Penn. Ave.,
Medford, Ore.
He Wants a Larger Hall
To the Editor: At a recent
council meeting I got the im
pression that it was decided to
hold a public forum on the
question of fluoridation. The
Chamber of Commerce under
took to engage speakers to rep
resent each side, pro and con.
This was planned so as to reach
as many people as possible.
Now I understand the meeting
has been changed from a public
forum to a small Chamber of
Commerce affair, to be held at
the country club. This meeting
will accomodate about 200 peo
ple at $2.50 a plate for dinner.
With 800 or more members of
the Chamber of Commerce, how
will this represent all the citi
zens of Medford who are vitally
concerned and should be given
the opportunity to hear both
sides of the question from such
outstanding speakers?
It is not too late yet .to re
serve the high school auditor
ium or some such suitable place,
and give this debate the public
ity it deserves over the radio
and in the newspaper. In that
way the greatest number of peo
ple in Medford interested in the
matter can hear both sides of
the fluoridation issue aired, and
from this, decide for themselves
whether or not they want to
have their drinking water al
tered in any way by the addi
tion of fluorides.
Uprising
side to rash in on the heritage
of woe Mossadegh had accumu
lated for his people.
The actual strength of the
ouUawed but openly active party
remains one of the Communism's
best-kept secrets. But the best
available estimates put its mem
bership at between 25,000 and
30,000 with a large following of
sympathizers.
Strongest Party
The Communists now art con
ceded to have had the best or
ganized apparatus of any Iranian
party, with strong discipline over
their members.
Russia was smugly watching
Mossadegh's activities convinced
that the country had reached a
position where it would fall, like
over-ripe fruit into the Soviet
garden whenever the Kremlin
shook the tree.
The real test whether the dan
ger of a Communist take-over is
past or simply delayed rests on
the ability of the new regime
to:
Hold the Army's loyalty by
lifting the pay of its soldiers
above the present 17 rials (20
cents) per month leveL
Get the nation's economy go
ing fast enough to put Iran's
hordes of unemployed back to
work before the Reds recover
from last week's shock and sur
prise and push the nation over
the brink it so narrowly escaped
last week.
In view of the widespread in
terest in this matter, and its
vital importance to every citi
zen of Medford, I think the coun
cil should have gone through
with its original plans for a pub
lic forum and made it possible
for the greatest number of peo
ple to become informed by open
debate..
Frank Howell,
x Edward Danrich
205 Laurel St,
Medford, Ore.
Vacuum Tube Inventor
Has 80th Birthday
Los Angeles 0J.PJ Dr. Lee
de Forest whose vacuum tube
made radio, television, radar
and talking- pictures possible,
celebrated his 80th birthdav to
day and looked forward to "10
more years of hard work."
The "father of radio" was
honored at a luncheon given by
the National Association for Bet
ter Radio and Television. '
The famed inventor is still
working in his laboratory in a
Hollywood office building, but
he is not working to improve the
electron tube.
"I'll let the new men take
over that work," he said. Dr.
de Forest has spent the last few
years experimenting on ways of
obtaining usable electric cur
rent from the heat of metals.
WEATHER
By UNITED PRESS
Northern California: Scatter
ed shower from near San Fran
cisco and Sacramento north to
day, tonight and Thursday.
Someti listening to radio
or watching television, we find
ourselves getting annoyed with
the commercials. One thing we
don't alwtys realize, though, is
that sponsored
TV and radio
is the reason
we have the va
riety of pro
grams we en
joy. In - other
countries where
the government
controls radio
Georee laker
and televsion, the viewers have to
take what the government otters.
There isn't the same kind of com
petition among the networks to
capture the audience, and there
isn't the wide choice we have.
What led us into this was an
article saying that the British are
going to try sponsored programs
and the French are testing sponsor
ship for a station at Monte Carlo.
One thing is sure ... there won't
be any privately sponsored video
programs behind the Iron Curtain!
That's a thought to keep in mind
when you get a little tired of com
mercials. Here's another Item about Brit
ish TV. It seems that over there
the famous Big Ben is a symbol of
the right time . . . and on video
screens there's always a picture
of Big Ben to announce the time.
But one night somebody forgot to
set the little studio model which
was flashed cn the screen ... and
half the country phoned m. Big
Ben was two minutes late! Over
here the name Admiral has kma
been a symbol of quality in TV.
You're in for a treat when you see
the beautiful new models on dis
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