Pearl
Emergency Press Headquarters.
Operation Alc-rt 'J ? A six-day
nationwide civil defen.-e "Opera
tion Ai'-rt 1&56" was kicked off
a. 11 am. (EDT) tlay with a
mock sm-ak a'.omic attack on
Pearl Harbor and Puerto Rico.
Some 10.00') federal officials
ami workers fifd Wa.hinglon to
."7 .sfret f i::er;:'Tiey centers 50
to .';jfj u-i i 1 f .-, from the capital.
T' t) M.a'r governments ai.-o mov ed
krv p'i-"Oiii'l 'ii piacc- of
thr'r.rr-'iral safety from hydrogen
anei a'omic bombs.
Training Exercise
Includes County,
City Organizations
Portland ngi the target nf a
mnck nuciar attack this morn
ing as pail of the national two
riav rr. tt rir 'fi-'iv-r Operation
A!rt lf"fi training exercise.
A !"'al "f ":!.'"( simulated
cvvifs and 1.500 "casualties"
from 'he Portland area were
due in Jackson county for hous
ing, food and medical care in
the cm r'T-f in which fcrieral.
slat", county and city civil de
fense yrnups participated.
Events Leading to Notice
Events leading up to notice
that "33,(100 evacuees" would
be arming here started at 7:06
a.m. toctay, when Maj. Gen. Jo
seph H. Hicks, county CD direc
tor, received "a warning" that
Portland would be ' bombed in
abou two hours, 30 minutes."
Other events:
7:22 am. Message received
that Gov. Elmo Smith issued a
proclamation declaring a state
of emergency. The Oregon Na
tional Guard was ordered mobi
lised and 'sales of petroleum
product", medical supplies and
food ordered fro7.cn."
8 55 a in. Message received
of red warning "Applejack." sig
nifying that an "attack" was due
in 30 minutes.
9:30 a.m. Received message
that "bomb" had been dropped
on Portland. The Medford
weather bureau computed theo
retical possible fallout, and said
wind conditions would cause
fallout to travel north. If a
"bomb" were dropped in the
San Francisco area "fallout"
would end southeast of Mt.
Shasta, the weather bureau
said. '
'Evacuee' Due !
10:30 a.m. Message received i
that "33. 000 evacuees" are due
in .lackson county for housing.'
food and medical care. '
Noon Message received that j
"1.50(1 casualties' due in Jack
son county. They were sched
uled to be sent to the Medford
and Camp White areas.
Meanwhile, the new civil de
fense control center in the Na
tional Guard area in Camp
White was opened and radio
communication was established
with the Salem office. Hicks
said.
Local radio stations were set
up in Shady Cove. Rogue River
and Central Point. The stations.
Hick said, send out information
to communities as it is received
from the county center.
Civil defense directors in the
communities notified dealers
-not to sell petroleum products,
medical supplies and food," and
residents were urged to conserve
the products because they will
not be available until after the
emergency.
Training Exercise
Tomorrow, a civil defense
training exercise will be con
ducted starting at 9 a.m. at Cra
ter High school in Central
Point.
More than 100 selected civil
defense and Red Cross person
nel will register volunteers who
are acting as evacuees in con
nection with the alert.
During the morning, south
bound traffic on Highway 99
will be handed cards by county
sheriff's deputies. Civil defense
and car occupants will be asked
to register at the school as
evacuees.
Hicks urged the general pub
lic to participate in the exercise,
and local service clubs and civic
organizations havf indicated
they nlan to participate in the
exercise.
Badio Broadcast
In connection with the exer
cise, a 15 minute radio broadcast
over Conclrad radio stations
KMED and KY.1C. Medford.
was given starting at 12:10 this
noon. All stations went off the
air for the 15-minute period,
with only Conelrad stations
broadcasting.
The first alert activating city
crews participating in the train
ing exercise, was received at the
city hall about 7:10 a.m.. accord
ing to Robert Duff, city mana
ger. Duff said following the alerts
there were simulated "move
outs" by the fire department and
an accumulation of emergency
crews at the department of pub
lic works and water depart-
Salem U.P.' First petition
in the recall movement against
Har.c Cotirt'y District Attorney
Eueer.e Venn has been filed
here.
Harbor,
Feports of the surprise attack
were relayed through this emer
gency press headquarters more
than 100 miles from Washington.
Though President Eisenhower re
mained in the capital, his orders
were made public.
At 11.05 a.m. ' E DT i the press
headquarters issued this bulletin:
"A simulated surprise attack
was launched agains' the United
States at 11 a.m. EDT) today
with the simultaneous mock
bombing of Hawaii and Puerto
Rico.
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'Help!
Portland Blasted by
Simulated H-Bomb
Salem (U.Pi Portland was
blasted by a simulated H-bomb
of 100 kilotons at 9:45 a.m. today
as part of the national "Opera
tion Alert 195fi." !
Gov. Elmo Smith imnwdiau I."
issued an emergency proclama
tion which would have frozen
the retail and wholsesale sale of I
all f'Hid. medical and petroleum
supplies in the state. He said the
supplies would be distributed by I
civil defense to emergency aid
areas and reception centers for
the welfare of Portland
"evacuees."
Yellow Warning Flashes
First warning of the mock at
tack can.e at 7:03 a.m.. (PST)
and a yellow warning was flash
ing to six key points throughout
the state.
At 7:06 a.m. the simulated
evacuation of all Portland resi
dents was ordered. Traffic con
trol points were manned through
out the state and state police,
sheriff's deputies and auxiliary
police began halting traffic go
ing towards Portland to advise
them of the alert. National
Guard units moved to staging
areas.
Civil defense, welfare and
medical teams were dispatched
to emergency aid areas at Scap
poose. Banks. Forest Grove,
Grove, Newberg, C a rl t o n,
Salem, Canby. Molalla, Estacada,
Sandy and Hood River.
Warning red was received by
Rural School Board
Group Sets Meeting
The Jackson County Rural
School Board association will
hold its quarterly meeting at
Lone Pine school at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday. July 24, it was an
nounced today.
Officers for the coming year
will be elected, according to
John Niedermever. Jacksonville.
I president of the association.
' The association includes mem
j hers of all rural school boards
in the county, and Niedermever
ursed newly-elected school board
i members to attend.
Figures Prove Use
Of Medford Water
Medford used a total of 17
million gallons of water
Wednesday, while Portland
used 181 million gallons yes
terday, or 10.64 time as
much.
Medford's population is
about 20,000. while Portland's
is in the neighborhood of 435.
000. or somewhere around
21. 75 times as many.
The figures indicate that
Portlanders used about 418
gallons per day per capita in
its 10S degree heat, while in
Medford, which has long been
known as a town which has a
high per capita use of water,
residents used about 850 gal
lons each during a 104 degree
day. or more than twice as
much i Portland ruidenj.
Puerto
Kico
I "This is the initial phase of :
j a nationwide civil defense train- j
ing exercise."
; Three hours after the first
.imaginary attack. President Eis- i
enhower issued a test version of i
an executive order proclaiming j
an ''unlimited national emergen-!
i cy and state of war." :
Tiie announcement said if the j
: simulated attacks had been real,
the President would have de-1
S dared the nation at war and in ,
a stale of unlimited emergency. I
i Prior to 1he presidential proc-1
Man-Eating Tiger!'
the state civil defense control
center here at 8:50 a.m.
Smith Inspects Center
Firs! unofficial counts indicat
ed that only 12.000 to 15.000
persons would have been trap
ped in Portland when the bomb
ers struck due to the long warn
ing period.
Gov. Smith left, the state Capi
tol as a precautionary measure to
inspect the Canby welfare cen
ter where Portland "exacuees"
were gathered.
After a brief inspection he
left for an undisclosed point
and meetings with state officials.
Two Are Sentenced
In Circuit Court
Two men charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of
a minor were given state peni
tentiary sentences in circuit
court this morning.
Byron Everett Craven. 24. of
box 45. Trail, was sentenced to
one year, and Robert Paul Bry
ant. 22. of 832 North Central
ave., was sentended to 21 i years.
Both men were arrested July 5.
In other circuit court action
today. George Voleney Miller,
19. of route 2, box 13, Jackson
ville, had his case continued
pending receipt of a federal
bureau of investigation report.
Miller is charged with burglary,
larceny from an auto, armed
robbery and being AW7OL from
the armed services.
Another case continued for
FBI records was a disorderly
conduct charge against Donald
1 Elwood Little, 39. of route 2.
box 702, Central Point.
The case of Bergen Hardy
I Scott, 34. transient, charged with
I larceny from an auto, was con
I tinued for appointment of an
i other attorney.
Zander Appointed
Jackson County Jailer
Edward J. Zander.. 1146 West
Eighth si., has been hired by the
county sheriff as county jailer.
Zander resigned July 1 from
the Medford city police as a
patrolman. According to Police
Chief Charles Cahmplin. he re
signed then because he was "dis
satisfied" with the department.
Another ex-city policeman.
Robert Gheysen. 710 Pennsyl
vania ave., has been transferred
from the jailer's position to the
sheriff's patrol. Gheysen resign
ed from the city police force
May 4.
i Air Conditioning Units
Donated to Hospital
The Providence Guild and
other interested parties in the
valley have donated 11 air-conditioning
units to Sacred Heart
hospital.
The units, valued at S240 each,
are being used in the private
roojjis and wards at the Jio?pitaL
lamation announcement, news
men were told that the first
imaginary nuclear air raids hit
Seattle, Spokane. Milwaukee,
and Rochester, N.Y.
A bit later, five more con
tinental targets were reported
"hit" by enemy bombers, includ
ing the atomic energy installa
tion at Hanford. Wash.
Further announcements fol
lowed from time to time as they
came in through the civil defense
communications network.
The first imaginary attacks
came without warning from off
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McKeon's Defense
To Give Evidence
Of Severe Marches
Parris Island, S.C IU.R)
Pvt. Thorn at Grabowski,
Kearney, N. J.. testified today
that he "smelled a little
liquor" on the breath of
Marine Sgt. Matthew C. Mc
Keon not long before the drill
instructor marched his men
into a tidal creek where six
drowned.
Parris Island. S.C. IU.R) -
Marine Sgt. Matthew C. Mc
Keon's defense was permitted
today to produce evidence at
his man-slaughter court martial
that sev eral night marches into j
the swamps and tidal streams j
at this depot had been a practice j
of training Leatherneck recruits. '
To Admit Evidence
Navy Capt. Irving N. Klein.
presiding as judge at McKeon's j
trial on charges that his action ,
led to the drowning of six re-1
emits in the salty waters of j
Ribbon creek ruled that evi
dence about that type of t'ain
ing will be admitted regarding
charges that McKeon oppressed
troops under him and charges
of involuntary manslaughter as
a result of the oppression.
An earlier witness on this
fifth day of McKeon's trial testi-fi-d
that the sergeant was an
"outstanding drill instructor"
who was working with a "medi
ocre'' platoon at the time of the
April 8 tragedy.
Victory for Defense
Klein's ruling was considered
a victory for the defense which
has argued throughout the court
martial that long night inarches
were customary at Parris Island
and part of the program it takes
to turn a soft civilian into a
Marine toughened for battle.
Klein ruled that such evidence
must be confined to practices
"under the same and similar cir
cumstances" as those that pre
vailed when McKeon led 74
members of a recruit platoon
into Ribbon creek to "teach
them discipline."
Six of the recruits drowned,
and national attention has been
focused on this resultant court
martial as it has on no other
since the famed trial of Billy
Mitchell.
Camp White Man Fined
In District Court
Horace Phinney Isaacs. 61.
Camp White, was fined S250 and
court costs and had his driver's
license suspended for 90 days in
district court yesterday.
Isaacs was arrested July 8 by
state police for driving while
under the influence of intoxi
cating liquor. He was given a
suspended jail sentence of 30
days for good behavior and upon
payment of the fine.
The Dalles Records 108;
Portland Bakes With 106
By UNITED PRESS
The Dalles. Ore., and Yuma.
; Ariz . yesterday were the two
: hottest spots in the United States
! with 108 degrees each. Portland
I was not. far behind with 106 de
grees as the state's fiercest heat
wave in years hit its climax.
Forestry officials, at 5 p.m.
yesterday, clamped a closure or
der on the Tillamook burn area,
forbidding persons to enter the
area without permit until rains
ease the serious fire hazard. The
state has gone 14 days without
measurable rainfall and blazing
shore submarines firing guided
missiles nuclear warheads. Hon
olulu was hit by two missiles,
one burst in the air over Pearl
Harbor and the other in the air
over Hickam Air Force Base.
The hazards of fallout were
minimized, press headquarters
said, because both bombs burst
in the air.
But another imaginary missile
hit the College of the Sacred
Heart in San Juan, P.R., and
burst on the ground, raising the
hazard of fallout.
Each missile had explosive
Disclose
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Washington - U.R The U.S.
decision to withdraw its offer
of aid for Egypt's Aswan dam
was a calculated risk designed
to deflate Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser and put
Russia on the spot, informed
sources said today.
The surprise action, announced
Thursday night, deprives Nasser
of continuing his game of play
ing the United States against the
Soviet Union in an attempt to
get the best deal possible for the
Log Hauling Gets
One Hour Extension
The state highway commission
has authorized an extension of
one hoor for log hauling in the
state on week days, but denied
a request for hauling all day
Saturdays.
The commission authorized
effective immediately log haul
iiiK between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m.
daily. Previously, log hauling
was prohibited after 8 p.m.
Hauling is allowed only Satur
day mornings.
The Oregon Log and Lumber
Truckers league of Medford, the
Southern Oregon Conservation
and Tree Farm association of
Medford, the Oregon timber
Transport Operators and the
Associated Forest Industries re
quested the changes.
According to H. B. Glaisycr,
secretary of the commission, the
commission "could not see its
way clear to grant the request
for hauling on Saturday after
noons." Hauling has been prohibited
at night and Saturday afternoons
during the tourist season be
cause the commission said it en
dangers the lives of tourists.
12 Buildings Damaged
In Fire at Astoria
Astoria (U.R) A fire that
spread to 12 buildings was
brought under control last night
after blazing for over three
hours.
The flames started originally
in a group of three old buildings
at the west end of Astoria. Two
of the buildings, including a con
demned hotel, were destroyed
and the third was nearly gutted.
From these buildings, a high
wind carried burning composi
tion shingles to the roofs of
other buildings, setting nine
other residences and buildings
on fire. Numerous brush and
grass fires also were started by
the wind-carried embers.
Fire companies from Seaside,
Hammond. Warrenton, Knappa,
the U. S. Coast Guard station at
Point Adams and the Tongue
Point Naval Station at Astoria
fought the flames.
skies have turned the forestE into
a tinderbox.
The 106 degrees clocked at the
customs house in downtown Port
land yesterday was only one de
gree short of the city's all-time
heat record. In 1942 the tem
perature hit 107 and 13 persons
died. So far, the city has not
attributed any deaths directly
to the heat.
A slow cooling trend was ex
pected to make Portland and the
Willamette valley about 15 de
grees cooler today as marine air
pushed into the super-heated air
hanging over interior valleys.
US Withd
To Build Egypt
force equivalent to 100,000 tons
of TNT.
As air raid sirens shrieked in
downtown Washington at 11:12
a.m. (EDT) President Eisenhow
er met with representatives of
the government departments
and agencies at an expanded Se
curity council session in the
White House cabinet room.
Assistant White House Press
Secretary Murray Snyder said
Mr. Eisenhower and the officials
reviewed "the program of ac
tions which would be invoked"
if this were "a real attack cri-
rKlDAY, JULY 20, 1956
raws Offer
dam. Now, officials said, the
Egyptian strongman must go to
Russia and ask for help instead
of bargaining for it as he could
while the American offer stood.
Russia may find herself on
the spot because there is a ques
tion whether she can afford to
pour the resources into the
SI. 300. 000, 000 water resources
project needed to see it through
to completion.
The United States announce
ment that it was withdrawing
its scven-month-old offer to help
built the Nile river dam came
after a 70-minutc meeting be
tween Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and Egyptian Am
bassador Ahmed Hussein.
Hussein, who had arrived
from Cairo Monday with instruc
tions to accept the Western of
fer, refused to discuss his meet
ing with the reporters. He ap
peared to some to be stunned.
The United States said devel
opments since the original offer
last December "have not been
favorable to the success of the
project."
Therefore, it said, "the United
States government has conclud
ed that it is not feasible in pres
ent circumstances to participate
in the project."
Cairo, Egypt '.U.R; Egyptian
government circles said today
the withdrawal by the United
States of its offer to help fi
nance the Aswan high dam proj
ect may boomerang against
Washington.
The sources said their action
is likely to push Egypt closer
to Russia than farther away.
Bids Called for
Lone Pine Addition
Bids for construction of an
addition to Lone Pine school
will be received by the school
board until 8 p.m., July 31, ac
cording to Estelle Ballard, clerk.
Plans call for a six-classroom
addition with boiler room, teach
ers' room, two toilet rooms and
covered passages.
The addition will have pumice
block exterior walls, concrete
slab floors, wood decking with
insulation and built-up roof, and
aluminum sash. Floors wdll be
covered with asbestos tiie, and
walls will be painted on the
block, plastered and finished
with plywood in various areas.
The new section will have
radiant heat in the floor, and a
new oil-fired hot water boiler
will be required.
Plans and specifications may
be obtained from Architect Jack
A. Edson, 34 North Central ave.,
Medford.
Washington (U.R) Senate
investigators voted on party
lines to hold public hearings on
the law practice of Murray H.
Chotiner. Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon's 1952 campaign
manager.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued tair and
dry through Saturday. Slight
ly cooler. Low tonight fit.
High Saturday S5.
Temp.
H(tht Yesterday 31
Lowest this Morning .. 1
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise - a.m.
Sunnet - 'i!3 p.m.
The Moon rises :n p.m.
sets Saturdav 3:S5 a.m.
and will be full SunrTay
MARS rises 10:41 p.m.
This ruddv planet is now less
than 4S.fJOO,uori miles from the.
Earth and It has become
brighter than Jupiter.
Dam
Snyder said the President will
meet with representatives of
these agencies again next Wed
nesday "to receive assessments
of the effectiveness of the exer
cise." The alert ends at 6 p.m. (EDT)
Wednesday, but officials who
fled the capital will return
Monday.
Tacoma and Spokane: Madi
son, Wis., and Anchorage. Alas
ka, were warned of probable at
tack at the instant of the sur
prise island attacks.
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Witnesses Start
Testimony; Second
Alternate Selected
Slate Police Sgt. Thomas
Eaton this morning described to
the jury the sequence of inci
dents as he remembered them
from the time the body of Alvin
William Eacret, 14, Klamath
Falls, was reported discovered
April 29 at Tub Springs state
park, to the arrest of Billy Jun
ior Nunn, 28, Klamath Falls,
May 2 at Alturas, Calif.
Nunn is on trial for his life
charged with first degree mur
der of the Eacret boy. The trial
got underway about b:at) a.m.
today, after the second alternate
juror. Melvin Dyer, was se-1
leclcd.
First Alternate
First alternate juror, Joe E.
Crawford, was selected jester
day afternoon. He was appoint
ed to the regular jury this morrr
ing after Judge H. K. Hanna
granted the request of Mrs. Bet
ty Lacy to be dismissed for
physical reasons.
In his opening statement. Dis
trict Attorney Walter Nun ley
saiu lie lnienciea to prove Kunn
was guilty of committing vic
ious, deliberate, premeditated
homicide.
He said he expected evidence
to show Nunn had picked up
the murder victim in his car at
Klamath Falls, had stopped at a
grocery store where a friend
saw Alvin and the car in which
he was riding, had stopped at the
Mountain View cafe and service
station where the attendant re
membered Nunn and that
Nunn's car had a defective re
verse gear, and that Nunn and
the Eacret boy had stopped to
inspect a wrecked car near Soda
Springs.
Further Evidence
He further stated Ms evidence
would show that Wilbur Ham
mond, whose daughter is mar-
(Continued on Page 12)
Bulletins
New York (UP) The
body of a baby boy was
found in the North river
today. Police said the de
scription of the boy match
ed that of Peter Wein
berger, who was kidnaped
July 4.
A drowning death and
a logging fatality were be
ing investigated by the
coroner's office early this
afternoon. Sheriff's depu
ties were assisting with the
investigation of the re
ported drowning of a 14-year-old
boy at a dam off
the Old Stage rd. in the
Scenic ave. area. State
police were working on
the industrial death case.
Names of the victims were
not immediately available.
Theodore Jasper Daily, 19,
of 544 Effie St., city jail pris
oner being held on a vagrancy
charge, broke away from an
officer and escaped this morn
ing when he was being led
back to the jail from the court
room, police reported.
Daily was arrested Wednes
day with other youths in con
nection with an auto theft case.
Officers said he broke away
about 3:45 a.m. today and had
not been apprehended by early
this aitaraooru
Within five minutes after the
first surprise attacks, "other
alerts were spread across the
northern edge of the nation.
Honolulu and San Juan sound
ed "all clear" signals at 11:15
a.m. (EDT) and 11:08 (EDT).
But mock yellow alerts con
tinued to spread across the coun
try. In all there were some 75 hy
pothetical target areas in 34
states. Some of them planned
evacuation, feeding, and treat
ment of citizens.
(See Story on Page 3)
Elimination of
Trade Embargoes
Asked in Report
Pula, Yugoslavia UP! The
"uncommitted" chiefs of state of
Yugoslavia, India and Egypt call
ed today for elimination of all
trade embargoes, freedom for
Algeria and admission of Com
munist China to the United Na
tions. They also urged settlement
of the German problem by peace
ful negotiation as a means of
easing world tension.
A joint communique, released
simultaneously in Cairo, New
Delhi and Belgrade, outlined the
conclusions reached in 10 hours
of talks between Yugoslav Presi
dent Tito. Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru and Egyptian
President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The "Little Three" conference
at Tito's summer residence on
the island of Brioni ended late
Thursday. Nehru accompanied
Nasser on his return trip to Cairo
for further talks in the Egyptian
capitol. The Egyptian president
held private talks with Tito be
fore Nehru's arrival in Yugo
slavia. The joint, declaration opened
with a series of general state
ments along the expected linos
advocating "peaceful and active
coexistence."
But celling down to specific
problems, tor 13-paragraph state
ment said ihe leaders of the
three nations "tmpha&iix the
great importance of removing
embargoes and obstacles to the
normal development and broad
ening of international trade."
Significant Point
Observers said this point may
have special significance to
Israel. In addition to the Western
strategic embargoes against East
ern Europe and Communist
China, it was also believed to
refer to the current "Arab block
ade" of Israel because Egypt
herself has led the Arab block
ade. The joint statement then took
up some of the specific interna
tional trouble spots, declaring
that "The three principal areas
of tension and possible conflict
are Central Europe, the Far East
and Asia and the Middle East
area between Europe and Asia."
Calling for United Nations
membership for Red China, the
little three declared that "The
problems of the Far East can
not be solved in a satisfactpry
manner without the full coop
eration of the Peoples Republic
of China."
"They said other countries,
loo, should be admitted to the
United Nations if they apply and
if they meet conditions of the
U.N. charter. This was believed
to refer specifically to .Japan,
but could also refer to Russian
sponsored Outer Mongolia,
which failed to gain admittance
under the U.N. "package deal"
last fall.
Concerning German reunifica
tion, they said "This important
question should be resolved in
accordance with the desires of
the German people through an
agreement reached by peaceful
negotiations." West German
circles, which hoped Nehru
would offer his services as a
mediator, were reported disap
pointed by his middle-of-the-road
altitude. The West has ad
vocated free elections by the
German people on the question
of reunification, while the So
viet bloc insists on direct nego
tiations between East and West
Germany.
Nehru, Nasser and Tito called
for a cease-fire and complete in
dependence for Algeria, consid
ered by the French as part of
metropolitan France.
Central Point Youth
Wins Designer Contest
John Foley, 15, route 1, Cen
tral Point, has been named a
first place winner in his age divi
sion for Oregon in the 1956
Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild
model car competition.
Foley, with the other Oregon
winner, Jim P. Schneider, Port
land, will be given $150 cash
prize. The contest is sponsored
yearly by the guild, with $115,
000 in cash and university schol
arships given to the nations beet
teea-age mnrifil car designers.