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1 1 6 a r. THANK JENKINS T i dm wrllton. 'Th7VUe..T0 THE f.u'H (with I"""" '"P 'rom ln j, .nro Irving to fuel a t'rdrfoniolfuif rocket 1 ,"K Balkniia nro In turmoil. rll ltf "''... : nH onto farmin onuw hn ArKonll'"' ' Brr"ll"K ' . inlca (who socm to bo Uly" numerous there.) SSdY wnu to bo ciiuuht (kM,oer.j 0 .. long been obvlom that I going to dominate ffn Europe "including the ffl WImt will Russian Station menu? ii to tlmt, we'll have to wait iX RUMla1 WORDS arc 1 Sho wy "be wnnU a free tJ She tells the Romanians 7l't going t "I"!X a"y n a lit territory, change tho ex Si loclnl reitlme or harm Ro Him Independence Unfortunately, we can't Judge tou by their wor ly-for wh.-n (.Interest a cuiii-a mcy ui.rrv Ei irt bound by DIFFERENT n. ! loll wlmt Bu. Li, domination of custom Hu ll will mrnn. p CfNICAL students of history will be reasonably certain Ihit the common run oi ncupia urfurn KurODO Will UO 110 nil under Hunsian domlna- Li thin lhrv have boon In the EL They COULDN'T bo much (one oil J . . VfflAT oi communism In east- Cern Europe especially the lk,nl? . , ... i IW writer has sn Idea It will PREAD not by Russian order, it by the free cholco o( thu nplci concerned. For peoples so hsvt never known Individ (1 liberty, who have been trod rtdown by reckless, lrrcspons ilt rulers, communism has much Seller. I So fr. communism has been tatty better (or the Russian butt' than anything-they, had town before. Before the bol rti'ik revolution, moat. of them ttreaerfi. JOR ui. ln free America, com- murium has nothing to offer. ml we have is far better than cmmunlim. But much of I'irope is a different matter, (,M0NO oilier humnn rights, 'the right to KNOW THE RUTH is Important.- It is a right that is often disregarded In these days. Sometimes with lurUtlcatlon: sometimes WITH- fVt. : Churchill Is In Rome, talking the pope, Whnt they arc talk s' about Is a dark and cloudy lret that mustn't bo allowed to Id out. By wav of informing Ihf public, the Vatican says: Miny cisential questions are m touched upon relating to mporUnt problems of the prcs nf hour," . S Everyone knows, of ; course, hot they are talking about peace fid Wav (n hrinir it nhnitt Mnv4 plus suspect that an actual Gor pjn pence proposal Is under con- H'ucrauon. Ho one Is greatly fooled. fDR and Willklo hove- boon carrylnn on some iclnri nf rnr. 'tipondcnco. Whut It Is obout "'body flatly knows, for both ptltic pals profess to know noth- "IJt all about it. The public takes all these pro- ""lions of Ignorance with the i.!Mryhnmlful of salt, and te'. Ftm ls anilllnK lor Willkic's sunnort. " , Again nobody Is greatly fooled, we go on from the world BFT-rt-n 0 10 8 worm that is th.i . ,Wo wU1 lonrn 8lowlv letn.i ,""Ll0 traiiKtiess, in pub- , ,"";"-' s wen as in prlvuto, all ihi llor for everybody than uVvL',hun'hu:n and double ths ni- . now rosarded as " Proper thing. HEJ?E ,ls what wo , newspaper ltrH"; ca" a freak" story I Wt ' tT0,m Ontario, Oregon): ho 7 .ZLu a toward J Wilson, hrtm i 1 . a marrying two mm h, hc iast tnea"yCBrii WiteneA i i,g an o'Bht-month chS etoday on a bigamy the circuit court 'Ml ani n VP8 Richardson in worn DOESN'T come with age. MEWSPAinrrt . ; . . ' nf ii- . 1UIK 'ninic nigniy them . 50 frcak s't'os and use Wre iSi fe-. Unfortunately, bttto mnnfd4,0 palnt the "'y better tCn)? tll08e alos sou"d thi nub??" lh-.ey really arc, and WlUll. f ?'10" "' Bt lt and It's h1 Jfalt.h In them. . - "n eJe Z 'I f0l tno Publlc (It think. newspaper peo- HE,?E'Sa REAL freak tnrv. Mi L'acJB' voted -unexpect. teW& EARMARK re rfni!i "ithe le of surplus THRW'fOR REDUCTION OF At l?4?NAL DEBTI" ". 5ue would mean that """W jaw?S? returning fl- 1 SANlTyin this country. in The ShalaCacade Wonderland PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1944 Nazis Ordered To Withdraw From Bulgaria By The Associated Press LONDON, Aug. 20 Wl Bul garia has ordered nil German troops to leave Uulgarla, threat ening force If they rofusc, Mos cow unnounced tonight, and tho new Romanian government has snatched Us capital firmly from nazi control. The Bulgarian moves men aced Hitler with early collapse of yet a second vital segment of . his Balkan wall. Withdraw Demanded The Bulgarian government, assuring Moscow of "absolute BED TROOPS SPEED THROUGH GALATl MP By DANIEL DC LUCE MOSCOW, Aug. 26 ll') Ro manian troops were reported turning on the Germans, kill ing and taking them prisoner, as the red army sped through the Galati gap today toward Bucharest at a pace, which, Jf maintained, would carry soviet spearheads to the Romanian capital tomorrow night, r The' charging Russian troops Inst were reported little more than 100 miles from Bucharest and barely 7S from the PlocsU oil fields. The Slret river was crossed 20 miles south of cap tured Tecucl.. LONDON. Aug. 38 (f)--Pre-mler-Marshal Stalin tonight an nounced capture of Ismail on the Danube 38 milks cast of Ga lati In Romania. -; ; Ismail was captured by storm today by troops of the third Ukrainian front, Stalin said In . (Continued on Page Thrco) Chinese Advance Into South of Yunnan Bastion CHUNGKING, Aug. 26 (P) Chinese forces besieging the main Japanese Yunnan province bastion of Tengchung have made advances in the southern section of the city, the Chinese high command announced tonight, after Jopancso . counterattacks against positions Inside tho city wcro repulsed. Large quantities of food, sup plies and medical stores were captured as the - attacks were thrown back, the high command said. Enemy positions In the south western port of Lungllng, the secondary Japnneso base in the province on the Burma rond, wcro attacked and tnken Thurs day. On Friday, a key position south of the city, held stubborn ly by tho Japanese for more than 10 days, wos tnken by the Chinese who captured large quantities of food and ammuni Hon. Helsinki Raided By Finn Police NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (TP) Finnish police blocked all roads londlng out or noisinni hi awu VAfflnrnnv and staged mass raids through tho capital until early this morning, the Finnish radio said today in a broadcast that failed to offer any. explanation of the action. , ' 1 Tho broadcast, recorded by FCC monitors, said "results have been very satisfactory" and that "about 800 people were interro gated as their Identity papers were not In order.". "Since the raid continued Into tho early hours of this morning, further details ' will bo made known Inter," the broadcast said, nririinir tlmt Minister of the In terior Jtaorlo Hcnrlk Hillllae "expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the raids were carried out. . . Liberators Hit eni Drome neutrality,"' told the nazl com mand that Gcrmun forces must bo withdrawn, and would be disarmed If they refused, de clared a broadcast statement of the soviet commissariat of for eign affairs. Any German soldiers retreat ing from Romania into Bulgaria will be disarmed, added the statement recorded by the soviet monitor, The soviet information bur eau, assumed that Romanian troops have seized the Carpath ian mountains In that country already flipped over t o the allied side, and are battling Gcrmuns retreating westward. Sofia Abandoned Ankara radio suld all Gcr mun troops had deserted Sofia, tho Bulgarian capital. The statement said enthusias tic demonstrations ln Bucharest greeted the new Romanian gov ernment formed by King Mihai. Bucharest, the "Paris of , the Balkans," became tho third cap ital to be freed from the nazl yoke, joining Paris and Rome as liberated cities. Marshal Ion Antqnescu, Ro manian premier who, collabor ated with the Germans, . has been arrested, and the German military mission in . Bucharest was interned, said trie statement recorded by the soviet monitor. Germans still were shelling Bucharest with anti-aircraft guns, since they lack artillery, and are bombing military bar racks from tne ouv the. state ment, said. . U. 5- heavy bombers trom Italy today blasted an -airfield near Bucharest from which the Germans were hitting at the capital. . Moscow statement c a m e after corly German radio an nouncements mat "quarters ot the German i- command"- In Bucharest were engaged1 In fierce fighting : with. Romanian army formations. 1 . . Attacks Rpulid . The German high command said that repeated attacks "made by traitors" were re pulsed and that German troops were engaged In a general re treat In Romania- while defend ing themselves against numer ous soviet attacks. The German legation In Bu- (Continucd on Page Three) Japs Make Swift Retreat to Burma SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS. Kan- dy, Ceylon, Aug. 26 (P) The Japanese are retreating so ra pidly from India into Burma along the Slttaung trail east of Tnmu that exnloslves they had prepared for blasting bridges re mained unaeionatea, ocu hendauartcrs said today.' Occupation of the village of Pylnbon saKon near-me sum mit of the ronge between Tomu ond the Chlndwin rlverffive air lino miles from the Chlndwin, was reported by the 14th army. Tho monsoon rains were-rcport. cd hindering allied progress more than the Japanese, wno were refusing to make a stand. War Bulletin LONDON, Aug. 26 (P) FWa Romanian divisions and 31,000 other troops, mostly . German, have surrendered to Russian forces sttackina in the Ukran- lan sector east of the Carpath ian mountains today, the soviet communique .announced. . Wrecked Super-Fortress Lifted From Puget Sound : : - : - ',--' " ' : liHgiaiai - TROOPS SLASH August 26, 1944 ".-..' ' Eirssfs NAZIS CAUGHT Normal 12.37 Last year ........17.85 lillfalW WIIWWII I , F4iMsUciear J - jj TRAPl Border Provinces - are ,. , tniimLilUUII Wcrncdcf : WARFS FYFfl . ,: ; M AT HEARING Five Cents Per Sack, $1.25 Per Hour '--. Proposed : l Seven check-flight crewmen escaped with minor injuries when this B-29 Super-Fortress made forced landing in Puget Sound near Seattle; Wash. Here a navy crane prepares to hoist the giant craft from shallow water after it was towed from scene of landing, a quarter mile off shore. Pans Attains Freedom,' ; Hangover, as Nazi Army Leader Signs Surrender , 'PARIS, .Aug. 26 P)r-Paris Is free . today,' puti the old town has a terrific hangover. . The final "unconditional -surrender- was signed at 6 p. m. last night in the dingy baggage masters, office In Montparnasse railroad station, . and Paris greeted it with one of the wild est nights in its history. But - machinegun and rifle shots - played . a . staccato over ture to the blaring brass bands ST For the first time since last November's riotous demonstra tions, the isolation area for troublemakers at the Tulelake segregation center was empty today. . WRA officials said the last occupant . of the stockade was transferred today to the main residential area, and added that "conditions in the center at this time make isolation of individ uals no longer necessary." The statement was interpreted here as indicating smoother going at the big camp, possibly due to recent war trends against Japan. Since the isolation area was established, 386 men have been detained there for yarious per iods ranging from, one to two i (Continued on Page Three) Gas Coupon Safe Conducted Here A sale on C-car gasoline cou pons was conducted recently by a 16-year-old boy, before he was picked up by local juvenile auth orities. The boy had stolen 37 cou Dons from the glove . compart ment of a parked car and was disposing ot tnem lor io cents each. State Department Scotches Story on Pre-War Navy Acts Otopi .'ROME, Aug. 26 (P) Ameri can Liberators from Italy today bombed Otopenl airdrome,' nine miles north of Bucharest, in support of the Romanian; gov ernment defending- the capital against German attacks. ; v ."Otopenl is tho nearest; German-held airdrome to the, capi tal and was -the base for Frl day's German bombing attacks on points within the city," Med iterranean aljied air force head quarters announced. - , "WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (TP) Tho state department declared inrinv -thnt Japanese . Deace en- ! voys in the Immediate pre-Pearl HarDor perioa never raiaca uj question about the disposition of American naval forces. The department issued a state ment in comment on assertions made by Rep. ; Magnuson (D Wash.) ln h's home state, - The representative told the Se attle Post -Intelligencer there were reports both in Washing ton and on the Pacific coast that "the Japs made a 'patsy' out of the state department, contriving to have our fleet bottled- up in Pearl Harbor where it could eas ily be dealt a death blow," in 1941. ; ' . - Question Not Raised . The state department's state ment: . ' ' - "At no time did Kurusu dur ing the course o his visit here in-1941 or dl any other Japan ese rebresentatlve raise a ques tion with this government mat the disposition of our naval forces In the Pacific was likely to prejudice the success of the conversations then taking place between the two governments. "Furthermore, the state de partment did not at any time raise this question with the navy or war department. - Peace -Talk Man - Saburo Kurusu was the spe cial Japanese who came here for "peace talks" in 1941. Maenuson's account of the re ports he had heard was that Kurusu . protested to Secretary Hull that American naval opera tions in the Pacific were giving militarists in Japan reason for blocking Kurusu's peace efforts. - i'l do "not knov whether this story is true or false, and I don't venture to spean tor or against It," Magnuson continued, "but I monunuea on rage xnreej celebrating the : end -of German occasional onon 1 j " Fromnausk' Until early . morn- ine it seemed as if everybody was ; shooting in all' directions, and : there; was occasional can nonading. Some of the shooting was at Germans still fighting after the formal surrender, but a lot of it was simply Parisians letting off steam. .. . , - Virtually Unscarred . A quick tour of the city showed Paris was virtually un scarred by war: The greatest damage was to buildings in the Luxembourg garden area where the Germans made a last stand. When the sun rose this morn ing, all was quiet and Paris (Continued on Page. lhree) , Nazis Withdraw . To Gofhc Line ROME, Aug.. 26 VP) German withdrawals toward the Gothic line fortifications in the central portions of the Italian front were reported today by Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's . headquar ters. Polish troops - of the eighth army on the Adriatic sector con- tinued aggressive patrolling ac tivity into the enemy s new posi tions north of Metauro river. The nazi retreat to the shel ter of the Gothic line in the rugged northern Appenine range was most pronounced in the area of the upper Tiber river and on the east side of the up per Arno behind Pontassieve. . Eighth army, units following up the retreat reached Apecchio, 35 miles from the Adriatic and 24 miles due south of the prin cipality of San Marino, without opposition, Swedes Report Von Kluge Dead STOCKHOLM, Aug. 26 (P) Field Marshal Gen. Guenther von Kluge, commander . of the German armies on the western front, has been killed, the news paper Dagens Nyheter said to day on the basis of information received from Germany. (The report lacked confirmation in ei ther axis or allied quarters.) Circumstances of the reported death were not known here and the newspaper had no addition al details. The 61-year-old Von Kluge succeeded Field Marshal Gen. Karl Rudolph von Rund stedt on the western front last July 6. Former President Of France Alive LISBON, Aug. 26 (A5) Edouard Herrlot, 72-year-old former president of France, still is alive somewhere in France, al though the Germans several times have reported him dead, Jules Sauerwein, a French news paperman, said here last night. Sauerwein' fled Paris just be fore tho patriots began their at tacks against German occupying forces. : i Abandonment of their- pro posed plan for a large new serv ice center- building, to -cost up wards $50,000, was disclosed by Klamath Commandos at (a meeting of people interested in service hospitality held at' the city council chambers last night. - Captain Bernice Heidemann of me commandos sam tnat tne project had failed to receive suf ficient community support. "The Commandos, she said, are anxi ous that alternate proposals be put into effect as quickly as pos sible so that the -service center program can be expanded to meet increasing needs.- Remodeling of 'the present quarters to include use of the basement, or rent and remodel ing of another building, are the two alternatives. . Reynolds Attends C. W. Reynolds, associate re gional executive of USO, attend ed the meeting and discussed the situation here with the Comman dos and members of the military service committee. Reynolds said in response to inquiries that USO is willing to come into the com munity and make a grant at any time. He said its program would not be intended to replace any local activity, but to supplement it. Commandos, he said,' could . (Continued on Page Three). 4ntonescu Held By Romanians LONDON, Aug. 26 (IP) Mos cow radio announced today that Marshal Ion Antonescu, deposed Romanian premier, is under ar rest, taken in hand by the Ro manian royal guard of King Mi hai. .- : BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 26 (IP) A dispatch from the Swiss Italian border today said Mar shal Ion Antonescu.'. deposed Ro manian premier, had been assas sinated during the coup, d'-etat that placed Komama m tne allied camp. The dispatch came from the Swiss telegraph agency which quoted the Italian news agency, Stefani. There was no confirma tion. A niece rate of S cents per .60 pound sack and $1.25 an hour for agricultural , hour labor ..was pro posed jointly ' by the Klamath County Potato' Growers -associar tion and tne l uieiaice urowers ai a farm wage ceiling hearing held at Merrill all day Friday by the farm wage boards of Oregon-and California. ' - - - - - . The hearing was held to deter mine a fair wage ceiling wnicn will be established for this year's harvest period in the liiamatn basin. After hearing testimony; from both growers and laborers, the wage board otiiciais- saia thev would DreDare recommen dations to- -be sent -immediately to Washington, and that aa early announcement of the wage: ceil ings could be expected.- : ; r. Ask Higher Ceiling i ; .- Some sorting contractors; ap peared before the. hearing to con tend that -wages for sorting should- be higher than the pro posed. S1.Z5 an hour, ana urgfa particularly that higher allow ances be made for head sorters.. They said in-effect they could not keep crews at $1.25 an hour. Farmers contended that high er.wages in the sorting isheds would tend to draw "labor from the -fields-during-the critical har vest neribd.- - '-.- The .war labor-board was rep- resenteoVby twq officials, at Hie hearing;, and it- was- stated 'by them that sorting crews up to eight in number employee, -in farm: cellars would tome under agricultural, wage ceilings, -hut crews greater than eight in nunv ber and all crews in the sorting sheds, would come under war lar bor board. ' -.. Canning Wage to. Apply Thev said, that in the absence of specific war labor board rates for --work -of --this type, rates'jes- tablisnea lor. me ..ctuinui uiuwr try in Klamath county might apt ply. These- rates would be 80 cents for . No; 1;: labor .and' 68 cents' for No. 2. labor,- or the (Continued on Page.'l'hree; - Mrs. Ann MasonH Files for Post The office of - city treasurer will . have : at least one name placed on the ballot in the fall election. Mrs.- Ann Mason filed her intention to. run for that of fice by obtaining a petition from the city hall Friday. ' f Mrs. Mason is employed at the Willnrd hotel at the present time, bVit could not be reached Sat- urdnv for a statement;- There have been no petition's drawn as yet for the councilman from ward four. . Yanks Smash at Jap Shipping . GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, SOUTHWEST -PACI1TIU. Aug 26 (ypj-Hitting Japanese ships at a pace of better' than five a day for August, the far eastern air force was reported today to have blasted a cruiser, ' seven freighter-transports and a barge tender at Dutch Celebes on the invasion Dath to the Philippines. Seventeen ships have been sunk in recent ' raids at Celebes and 29 around Halmahera. By WES GALLAGHER ; SUPREME: HEADQUARTERS ALLIED . EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. 26 OP) Allied col umns struck powerfully toward Germany and Belgium , today and supreme headquarters warn ed the people of the border prov inces of Alsace-Lorraine and the Duchy of . Luxembourg that war, "very , soon" . may reach their1 lands. , Four bridgeheads' southeast of Paris were strengthened for this eastward assault upon Germany. West of Paris allied armies whn tied on perhaps 40,000 Germans trapped near the Seine's mouth, slashing their dwindling ' ranks, with artillery shells. ':. '. ' .7. Seventh Eliminated "The elimination of. the Ger man seventh army as a fighting" entity has decided- the battle of, France," supreme headquarters asserted' in broadcasts warning the, residents of Alsace-Lorraine7 arid Luxembourg to prepare f oiC approacning patties. .' . ; German survivors of the Fal" aise and Seine traps "can at best fight a series of delaying actions" on- their retreat into Germany ,"- uie uratx aaaea. -. - . ,n Cross Seine ' s - American. trooDs alreariv hair's struck across , the Seine- north west of Paris, in spearheads that can slice to the Pas-de-Calais ro bot bomb coast and to Belgium, . .Southeast of Parisy officially described as fairly quiet but -with.' some, mopping . up continuingy Amencan. troops liberated' Me lun, 23 miles away, after a harcf battle.. .. ......v..,. j,:.. I - v; ... : Push North .')' '-... .';. (A London broadcast heard by" BS reported Americans pushing? northeast toward the Marne-oa roads-leading-to-Reims,-Eta! and Nancyv'- j .- -i- "-' ... ; Thev bridgeheads over" theU Seine, were- built .-tip -near- Me;. . lun,..at. eorbeiV.25 -miles; below?1 -the .capital,;.. and at . Fontaine-bleau-and Montereau,-:32 and 4t miles , southeast of Paris.- - - . Other Ui S. - units -captured Marigny le ' Chatel, 15 miles- uurinwest oi-iroyes.v-;ine.iatter . tyoniinuea on rage inree Writer Reaches : 1 Swiss Border ' GENEVA- Switzeriand-1 . Aaei 26 (JP) Edward , Kennedy,. As" sociated : Press "' correspondent with - Lt.'-'Gen.T- Alexander M. Patch's seventh" army in south ern France;,-aitived . here today in a' j'eep. "'. ':; The first - American corres pondent to : reach the Swiss frontier." 'he' was accompanied by Chicago Times, International News Service and News Chron icle representatives, l -. with one soldier as a body guard they travelled well ahead of the army." " . ; French Capture Forts; Yanks Occupy Briancon ROME, Aug. 26 (P) French troops in Toulon have captured Forts d'Artigues- and Maleous quet, leaving the only organized nazi- resistance within the naval base city centered In the so called "Six-Fours" district, it was announced tonight. Lt.-Gen. Alexander M. Patch's headquarters also announced further progress in eliminating nazi opposition inside Marseille, where "German damage has been extensive with demolitions wrecking many of the quays, warehouses, drydocks and port facilities." v Occupy Briancon ; American columns have occu nied the Alpine town of Brian con, near the Italian frontier more than 100 -miles north of the captured seaport of Cannes, and other seventh army forces have driven into Avignon, key Children Hurt ... : --.- ft ... , In Truck Smash MARSHFIELD, Aug. 26 UFWi Thirty-seven children were slightly -injured 'late yesterday when a broken - steering wheel sent the truck ih which they were) riding hurtling intoia ditch.. - .: ; The truck, taking -the children from a Baptist summer camp on the Coos river to a nearby swim ming beach, overturned in tna ditch. Alice Smith, Marshfield; suffered a broken rib. The. oth ers escaped with scratches and bruises.- :-..;' delta of the Rhone valley,-allied headauarters announced today. The Germans reported fight ing near Montelimar, nearly 60 miles north of Avignon, but there was no allied confirma tion. r ReDorts from southern France indicated however that the, situ ation was comparable with that in Brittany when the Americans first broke out of the Normandy beachhead. , '.- ; ., Seek Enemy ' Patriot and seventh, army forces appeared to be roaming widely,, seeking out disorgan ized enemy groups who were fleeing- through : a narrow', gap between allied forces in north ern and southern France. -The triumphant advance of Lt. .Gen. . Alexander . M. . Patch's troobs freed nearly all of south ern France east of the Rhone eommunlcatsn$ -.center- in- thej -(Continued on Page Three) Marpfe Killed In Action 1 Word has been received by friends here that Charles Mar pie, formerly of Klamath Falls was' killed in action in the South Pacific theater of war. -J, His -parents, Mr. and Mrs. O, R.- Marple Sr., box 116, Sher-woodj-.Ore., received word- bf their son's death the middle of this month. No further details are known here. The young man was with the marine corps and had been overseas for the past year and a-half. . His parents are long-time resi dents of Klamath Falls and ha made his home here most of his life.' .I--.- , Before entering the service, he was employed at the Ewauna Box company in Klamath Falls, Nelson Hurley ; Now in Edmonton '- EDMONTON, Aug. 26 CPV-i Donald M.- Nelson, chief of th 1 U. S. war. production-board, and Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, en route to China -to discuss1, milt- . tary and ' economic problems . with Chiang Kai-Shek; arrived in Edmonton late last night and left' today on the second lap ol their journey, - . ... .-1 . y-
