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By FRANK JKNKINH
poNOHESB today la In the same
tlx as (II of us on the day when
we re trying to get things cleaned
up to go away on vacation. It it
doliif Ita beat to adjourn, but ha
to gel enough of Ita work cleaned
up to keep the bow In good hu
mor. It's a lirt'Uc job, as wo all know
from aitperlcnre,
m a
VOU mutt have notlrrd that In
thla laat week congress, working
with on rye on the txna and the
other on the oy ol a coming vaca
tion, has been UI'I'INU appropria
tioiu at a fairly lively rate.
Why?
The amwer la simple. Membra
of congress art amnrl, Bring fiilrly
smart, they have a anruklng no
tion that the Ikmi (who in their
te la the American people i LOVES
aiHindlng and DREADS economy.
Ho, in this final pre-vacallon
weeK, they have been uiukiiuc at 1
the' purao strings, loosening them a ;
Utile her and a little there. Hu- j
man nature la human nature, no i
matter where you find It. I
IIP In Portland a while back, a
hotel maid found a roll of bllla
containing BO0 In vacated room.
She waa honest and told her bow
about It. He Impounded the money
and wrote a letter of Inquiry to
everyone who had registered at the
hotel during the month. Nobody
claimed the cash.
That raUed an Interesting ques
tion. Old Iho B(k wad belong to
the hotel or to the maid who had
found It? After fairly prolonged
litigation, a Judge haa Jtul ruled
that It la "treasure trove" and there
fore belongs Jo the tinder.
("Trove" la a corruption of a
French verb meaning "to find."
"Treasure trove" that la to aay,
"found treasure" Is so old In our
history that It has found a place
In the common law, which menus
law based on custom and tisane. In
this tense. It Is usually defined as
"any money, bullion or the like
found hidden, the owner of which
can not be found.")
THAT raises another Interesting
question: Who, stopping In a
hotel, had so much money he didn't
bother to think back and recall
where he might have lost $800 In
bills?
Mast of us common, ordinary cltl
rrns would have emitted an an
guished wall that could havo been
heard from here to the Mississippi
river.
TO this writer, tattooing has al
ways seemed a harmless bit of
silliness usually youthful silliness.
Tho normal skin of the white races
. la a fairly prescntnblo object as Is.
Judging by the amount of It they
display far our admiring gaze In
their pages, the editors of our best
picture magazines certainly agree
with this conclusion.)
But It appears that even tattooing
has lis moral hur.nrds. At any rate,
a Portland judge thinks so. He
cites In support of his theory the
cases of two youthful delinquents,
ono 13, the other 16, who have
come before him on bad check
charges. Tattooing, It appears, does
n't fall like manna from heaven
upon those who crave Its alleged
benefits. It cost money folding
money, usually.
These misguided youngsters had
Issued checks that bounced to pay
the artist who had decorated their
many forms wlthUio monstrosities
that among tnttooers pass for art.
.
CO, ralhor unexpectedly, wo find
that wo must add tattooing to
lOnntltiliftl on ras 4, Column 11)
Confidence Vote
Goes To Bidault
PARIS, July 20 (IP) Tho French
national assembly, with the com
munists abstaining, voted confidence
today in the foreign policy of Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault, adopting
n motion which paid tribute to tho
Unlled States for tho Marshall ald-to-lSuropo
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Sifters Want
Hollywood
Party Story
WAHH1NOTON, July 30 iA'i
8rn..tor Ferguton Ht-Mlch.) suld
today ha wants a former publicity
man for Howard Hughes to tell his
story of parlies given on belialf of
the Hollywood multimillionaires
company whose S40.000.000 wartime
plane contract la under Investiga
tion. The publicity man, John Meyer,
puriwrtrdly has given the war In
vestigating committee exiwnse ac
counts of partlea at which Wash
ington notables were entertained.
The committee wants him here tor
hearings starting Monday.
The Michigan senator, chairman
of a subcommittee which haa been
looking Into the award of the plane
contract to Hughra and Henry J.
Kaiser, told rerlera there have
been "strong rumors'' that Meyer la
In South America. Hut only this
morning, he said, he henrd another
that the witness Is in Montreal.
Bevin Pleads
For Support
DURHAM. Eng., July 58 tfv
Farelgn Secretary Ernest Bevin ap
pealed to British working people to
day not to let the socialist govern
ment fall because of Britain's eco
nomic difficulties.
"I know there la a lot of hope and
feeling that a crisis will be brought
about, that labor will be brought
down and will have to go Into a
coalition government or In opposi
tion," he told thousands of miners
at a rally In thla Northern England
town."
'Thla Is the tlrst lubor govern
ment you have got. Don't let It fall,
for the sake or generations to
come."
(Bevin did not clarify his refer
ence to the "first labor govern
ment." British government In 1924
and 1038 bare the labor label, but
neltJier held a majority In the house
of commons. Both were headed by
Ramsay MacDonald.)
All Eastern Java
In Hands Of Dutch
BATAVIA. July 38 Ml A Nether
lands communique said today Dutch
forces, moving almost at will under
a fiery tropical sun, had cleared a
broad 150-nille stretch of northwest
coaatnl Java between Bntnvla and
Cherlbon, and indicated eastern Java
now was firmly In Dutch hands.
The Indonesian republican army
claimed successes both in Java and
Sumatra, but most of these were
categorically denied by the Dutch.
American-trained Dutch marines
and Infantrymen were mopping up
both in Eastern and Western Java,
the Dutch communique said.
80 Death Threats Pound As
Sealed Lincoln
By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE
WASHINGTON, July 28 Ml A
long-secret collection of Abraham
Lincoln's papors, opened to the pub
lic for tho first time today, proved
a gold mine of Information for Lin
coln scholars but a disappointment
tor seekers of sensationalism.'
That was the concensus of 30 ex
perts of the llfo of the Civil War
president, for whom Colton Storm,
of the University of Michigan's Clem
ents library, summed up:
. "This Is definitely a scholar's
collection.".
The papers, scaled by Robert Todd
Lincoln, son of the president, 28
years ago, did disclose at least 80
death threats received by Lincoln
before he was assassinated by John
Wilkes Booth in Washington's Ford's
theatre April 14, 1866.
The Lincoln scholars said he kept
a pigeonhole In his desk for such
threats and refused to worry over
them. They described his reaction
as somewhat fatalistic, quoting his
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Hotel Ruins
Yield Body
6U3ANVILLE, July 38 The body
of Joe Munklllrlck, one of two men
missing after fire ravaged the Mt.
Lassen hotel Thursday, waa found
in the basement of the burned-out
building late last night. Jamea
Daugherly, night clerk of the hotel
who also had a room In the base
ment, has not been located.
A crew of workmen under the di
rection of Fire Chief Fred Deal ore
still probing the ruins of the build
ing trying to find Dnughcrty's body.
Munkitlrlrk's body waa found
near the door of a basement room
and waa Identified by Coroner Bill
lluppe through personal effects and
a social security card. The body
waa partially burned but lloppe said
that death probably resulted from
suffocation.
Workers are tolling night and
day with a dragline and winches
trying to gel through the debris to
Uie room occupied by Daugherty.
The Ihree-slory MU Lassen hotel,
second largest structure in Busan
ville, caught fir Thursday morning
but all guests with the exception of
the two men In the basement wer
rescued, soma 30 of them coming
down firemen's ladder.
The third floor and roof of the
building collapsed after the flames
had raged six hours and dropped
through Into the basement. Fred
Abbey, owner of the building, esti
mated the loss at 1700 000. In addi
tion to Die hotel proper, a tavern,
coffee shop, dining room and sev
eral businesses and offices on the
ground floor were also destroyed.
Slides Peril
Search Party
LONOMIRE. Mt. Rainier National
Park, July 28 (Pi Danger from rock
slides and crevasses has brought to
an end, far the present, the search
for the bodies of 32 marines who
died seven months ago In the trans
podt plane which was found for the
first time two days ago, shattered
to bits on Mounla Ralnter's formid
able South Tnlioms glacier.
Navy officials announced lost night 1
the end of the present phase of the j
search after members of a mountain I
ranger searching party, returning
from the second day's trip to tho
glacier, told of Increasing danger
from rock slides and newly opening
Crevasses. Navy Lt. Gordon Stanley
said some of the rock slides sounded
like bombardments.
They told of finding additional
pieces of the shattered plane over
a wido area and more personal Items
of the marines who died when the
piano apparently hit h sheer rock
cliff during a storm on Ita San
Diego-Seattle flight last December 10.
Stanley said some pieces of plane
wreckage were spotted "as deep as
40 to 45 feet In crevasses, encased
In Ice "
Papers Open
expressing "what dors anybody want
to assassinate me for? If anybody
wants to do so, he can do It day
or night If he Is ready to give his
life for mine. It la nonsense."
Perhaps the outstanding finds in
the ninnv nrinlnnl rinriimentji In t.h I
collection were the first draft of
Lincoln's famous emancipation proc
lamation and the original manu
script of his sad farewell to the
oltlzons of Springfield as he departed
to take over the president y.
Tho Lincoln historians said the
papers will be of "Incalculable worth"
In filling gups' In the Urn of the
famed ratl-spltttor and In providing
new views on his humanitarian as
pects. In ono letter, they quoted Lincoln
as telling Gen. Benjamin A. Butler,
who was urging the summary execu
tion of 24 deserters:
"Mr. General, there are already too
many weeping widows In the United
States. For God's snke, don't ask
mo to add to the number. I won't
do lt."
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Presided? s
Smooth End
Of Conqress
Due Tonight
By WILLIAM F. AKBOUAHT
WASHfNOTON. July 38 oV
Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) said today a
resolution adjourning congress to
night will leave the way open for
leaders to ask a special session al
though he does not expect one.
Congressional leaders "will get
together In October and look things
over then," Taft told a reporurr. "I
do not expect a special session be
fore congress convenes next January
but conditions may look different."
Republican leaders were optimistic
about winding up the final day's
work without undue delay. Three of
the large appropriation bills formed
the principal Job. The house dis
posed of one of Its chores by pass
ing by volco voto a bill continuing
federal aupport prices for wool. It
went to the White House.
Few Tasks Left
Taft expected the senate to have
time to act on pending nominations.
This would come alter appropriation
bills and senate-house conference
agreements on disputed legislation.
Among presidential appointments
awaiting senate action are three
officials of the expanded labor
board and Philip B. Perlman of
Maryland to be solicitor general. '
"We won't get to those until
everything else la cleared up," Taft
said.
Republican leaders running the
congressional show for the first
lime In IS years were confident they
could meet the adjournment dead
line without difficulty.
' But, If necessary. Uiey stood ready
to resort to the often-used legisla
tive device of stopping the ofllclal
clocks of midnight to make the
July 38 Quitting date official.
OOP Leaders Halleck of Indiana
and Taft of Ohio "carried In their
pocket houso and senate resolu
tions which, on adoption, will send
congress home probably until next
January 3, unless the republican
leadership, or President Truman,
recalls Die legislators before then.
G. B. Shaw Has
91st Birthday
LONDON, July 28 P) Ocorge
Bernard Shsw, 91 today, dismissed
the occasion with snorts of mock
exasperation and assertion that,
few others could have survived so
much "happy birthday rubbish.".
"Birthday celebrations are for
those who think they can afford to
waste time," the sage 'of Ayot St.
Lawrence, drowsy Hertfordshire
hamlet, told his listeners. "I've
hardly recovered from the last
birthday. It nearly killed me and
it would have killed most men.
"Whoever utters that word,
'birthday,' In my presence shall be
set down as a man to be avoided."
Leave Bond
Bill Signed
WASHINGTON, July 28 ()
President Truman today signed the
bill permitting GI's to cash their
terminal leave bonds any time
after September 1, 1947.
The president Issued a statement
suggesting that "lt Is to the vet
erans' best Interest that tney keep
their bonds If they do not abso
lutely need to cash them now."
He said if a large amount of the
outstanding bonds he estimated at
$3,000,000,000 are redeemed soon
general Inflationary pressures
"would receive a substantial boost."
Passed without a dissenting vote
by both the house and the senate,
the legislation nullifies a provision
of the 1046 law that required for
mer servicemen to hold the bonds
five years before cashing them.
Red-US Row
Delays UN
LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. July 26
(7P United States and Russian dif
ferences over interpretation of the
United Nations charter threatened
today to block effective security
council action for peaceful settle
ment of the Balkan . problem.
These differences confronted the
UN with a major crisis over the
charter, since neither the U. S.
nor the Soviet Union would budge
from their announced positions.
The differences arose In debate
over the situation on the borders of
Greece with Albania, Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia. i
At the core "of tile latest de
velopment Is an American proposal
that the security council set up an
International commission to watch
over the Balkans with the power
to conciliate and Investigate disputes.
FALUi, OREGON, BATURDAV, JULY
President Names Forrestal
New Secretary Of Defense
WA8HINOTON, July 38 tIPt
James V. Porrestal was approved
unanimously by the senate armed
services committee today as the
new secretary of defense.
The committees action, expected
to receive quick senate ratification,
JAMES FORRESTAL
Tule Slates
Celebration
Tulelake's first post-war celebra
tion, now being planned for Labor
Day, will be In the form of .an old
time Jamboree, with such festivities
as stake races, tractor races, tug-o-war.
baseball game, barbecue, queen
contest, street carnival and a dance
In store for visitors.
Tulclake citizens hope to make
the jamboree an annual affair, as
was the Sportsmen frolic, which
used to herald the onset of hunting
season, and was one of the big af
fairs of the year.
The Volunteer Fire department
of Tulelake Is. underwTitlng this
year's celebration and funds raised
will be used in linanclng lighting
of the recreation field. Roy Gran
ville has been appointed general
chairman of the Jamboree and
other civic organisations, are ex
pected to lend a hand to proceed
ings. '
Any girl Interested In entering the
Jamboree queen contest should
write to the Jamboree committee,
Tulelake, for Information. Girls
between the ages of 17 and 21 are
eligible for the contest. . Entries are
also being accepted for horses In
the stake races, and tractors for
the tractor races. There will be no
entry fee for these events and sub
stantial prizes will be offered.
Plane Spots
Two Escapees
URIAH. Calif.. July 26 WPi
Spotted from the- air as they
trudged along a railroad track,
Paul Snelson and Van Shocklcy
were captured In the Red mountain
area southeast of here yesterday
less than 24 hours after they had
overpowered a Joller and escaped
from the Mendocino county Jail.
A third escapee. Albert E. Hoth
of Salem. Ore., had been recap
tured earlier as he attempted to
escape hidden beneath a blanket In
the back of an automobile.
Mrs. Vesta Meier. 35. of Port
land, Ore.,i driver of the automo
bile, was being held for questioning
in the case today.
Barnes Takes Two
To State Prison
Deputy Sheriff Marion Barnes Is.
on his way to Salem today taking
two prisoners to the Oregon state
prison for confinement.
He Is taking Isiah Francis Rogers
Jr. up to begin a three-year term
for larceny of livestock. He was
sentenced earlier this week in cir
cuit court here after pleading guilty.
The other man Is James Ander
son, being returned to, the prison for
violation of parole.
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26, 1947
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IMkir Pies
came a little more than two hours
after President Truman nominated
his secretary of navy to head up the
unified armed forces.
ForresUl'a nomination went to
Capitol hill shortly after Mr. Tru
man sirned legislation unifying the
under one cabinet officer,
under one aablnet officer.
The measure was signed In a dra
matic ceremony at Washington
national airport Just before the
president took off for Grandview,
Mo. where his mother was reported
dying.
Builder and Boas
Mr. Truman delayed his hurriedly
arranged flight home to await ar
rival of the unification bill, which
passed congress only yesterday.
Wiry, tight-lipped James Forres
tal, younger In appearance than his
iS years, Is known as builder and
boss of the greatest navy In world
history.
He has "fired" admirals from top
Jobs with the abruptness of a mine
explosion, but supports efficient ad
ministrators and men who plan far
ahead.
Bom In Beacon. N. Y he Is for
mer president of a New York bond
selling house, and the only Roosevelt
cabinet minister still In Mr. Tru
man's official family.
He came to Washington in 1940
as an administrative assistant to
President Roosevelt: two months
later became the navy's first under
secretary a war-created post.
Grove Alone
In Car Crash
Reports were received late Tues
day from Delake, Ore., confirming
word that W. J. (Bill) Grove, Great
Northern railway dispatcher at.
Merrill, was Injured in an auto
mobile accident near. Oceanlake
early this week. Henry N. Moe,
retired Klamath Fairs businessman.
at first believed to have been In
jured, was not in the car at the
time of the crash. A woman. Iden
tified as Mrs. John F. Karjale of
San Francisco. - was killed, and a
man identified as her husband was
taken to a McMlnnville hospital in
a critical condition.
Moe and Mr. and Mrs. Grove
were vacationing at Otis, a few
miles north of Oceanlake. Word
from George Meade, Oceanlake city
marshall. stated that Grove had
borrowed Moe's car to drive to
Oceanlake and was alone In the
vehicle when the oncoming Karjale
car attempted to pass a truck on a
hill, smashing head-on into the
Moe car.
Grove is said to be suffering
from a fractured jaw, and Is be.
lieved to have been sent to a Mc
Minnville hospital for treatment
Disabled Boat
Taken In Tow .
SEATTLE. July 26 (P) The
Seattle halibuter Fay. disabled by
fire, was taken In tow by the coast
guard cutter Wachusett at 10:20
a. m. today as it drifted helplessly
toward the Southeastern Alaska
coast, the coast guard reported.
They were expected to reach
Ketchikan In about 13 hours.
The skipper was Capt. Oscar Ol
son and two of the other six men
aboard were John A. Haugseth, a
fisherman, 8055 24th ave., N. W..
Seattle, and Sophus Jenson. cook,
Mrs. Haugseth said after being no
tified of the rescue.
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Wreckage litters an Intersection In a residential area In San Francisco after the street ear at left
crashed Into the midsection of the other trolley. Fifteen persons were injured in the crash, Robert Perrins,
34, motorman of the 31 car, said his brakes failed as hestarted down the hllL AF wirephete
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Truman On
Flight As
End Comes
GRANDVIEW, Mo., July 28 (Pi
Mrs. Martha Truman died today at
9:30 a. m. (PSTi Just one hour
after her son. President Truman,
left Washington by plane In an ef
fort to reach her bedside.
The president's plana, the Sacred
Cow, was due at the Grandview air
port between 12:30 and 1 p. rn.
(PST). He had .delayed departure
17 minutes to sign legislation unify
ing' the armed forces under a single
secretary of defense.
Dr. Joseph Greene said Mrs. Tru
man bad been unconscious since
last night, bat that she waa able to
converse with him yesterday and
that she was alert at that time, al
though her condition has been ex.
eeedingly critical ever since she tuf
fered a setback last week.
He telephoned the president at
Washington this morning informing
him that Mrs. Truman probably
could not live through the day. Mr.
Truman Immediately took off for
Grandview. Mrs. Truman was 94.
Broke Hip
Mrs. Truman, spry and In gener
al good health despite her advanced
years, suffered a fracture of the
right hip last February 13. She fell
as she was preparing to retire In
the yellow frame bungalow where
she had lived with her daughter.
Miss Mary Jane Trumin, for many
years.
It was the third time In seven
years that she had suffered a simi
lar injury. In 1940 she fell, frac
turing her left hip. Again in 19U
she fell, fracturing the same-hip
ana ner left shoulder.
Recovery from those injuries was
complete.
After the third accident. Mr. Tru
man flew home, spent two days
with his mother and left with en
couraging news of her progress.
Three times since then he flew
out to be at her bedside, and each
time physicians reported that the
break was knitting- and she would
walk again. They praised her
"fiehtlng heart,1 her "will to get
well," and the care given her by
Miss Truman.
For several hours a day she sat
In her wheel chair.
Temperature
Then on May 9 complications In
volving the liver developed. She be
gan carrying a temoerature.
Brig. General Wallace Graham,
the White House physician, flew
here from San Antonio where he
was on temporary duty, and re
mained with her.
He reported that the complication
was cleared up and that, he was
planning on having her try walk
ing within a few days. However, on
Mav 16 she suffered two sinking
soells. General Graham ascribed
the condition to a weakening- heart.
President Truman, notified of the
situation, flew home, landing In a
thunderstorm.
The pres'dent spent a 12-day vigil
at her bedside at that time, and
phvsicians said Mrs. Truman's con
dition showed a remarkable im
orovement. Thev said it was due to
the presence jf her son who stayed
by her constantly through the long
davs.
"She has sat up with me many
times." the devoted son said. "Now
the least I can do is to sit with
her when she needs me."
Fifteen Injured In Trolley Crash
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Death Rides
Highway 97;
North, South
Death again rode the highways of
Klamath county last night as two '
persons were Instantly killed In sep
arate automobile accidents on high
way 97 only a few minutes apart
The fatalities were the eighth and
ninth lor the county thus far thlt
year.
The first, happening about 11
p. m. on Algoma hill north of town,
took the life of Harold Jerry Am
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bers, 20-year-old navy
veteran residing on
route 3. Ambers waa
driving; a coupe In
which Wllford O. Mit
chell, 21, of 728 Owens,
1847 Auto was a passenger.
Fatality Mitchell told state
police that they were driving north
on the hill when the right wheel
of the car went off the pavement
and Into a slight barrow pit.
The car traveled along the ditch
a few feet, then swung back to the
left In an angle across the highway
and into the guard rail. It turned
over and came to rest upside down
with the right wheel hanging over
the guard raiL
Through Glaaa
Ambers was pitched out of the
car, through a window or the wind
shield, and plunged 100 feet down a
rocky embankment He was dead
when picked up. His Injuries Includ
ed a fractured skull and punctured
throat
Mitchell remained In the car and
was unhurt except for bruises and
scratches.
The 'other fatal accident occurred
a quarter ef a mile south of Fret's
store on highway 97, south, about
11: IS . m. A sedan driven by Wil
liam L. Fair, 28, of route I, struck
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a. - pedestrian en the
road, killing him t
stantly. The dead man
was. identified today as)
Fred Allen, about 47, of
Tulelake. ...
Parr told state po
lice that he was
1947 Auto
Fatality
driving home from the Kalplne ply
wood mill at between 40 and M
miles an hour. He was meeting traf
fic and dimmed his lights. He said
that he Mid not see the man on the
road until he was within five or
six feet from him.
The impact knocked Allen over
into a barrow pit beside the road.
His neck was broken, as were both
legs, and his skull was fractured.
Hood Flies Up
The hood of Parr's ear flew up
with the crash and he stopped im
mediately. State police said the
evidence Indicated that Alien was
walking along the pavement and
not on the shoulder of the road.
He was wearing a pair of green twill
trousers and green sports Jacket,
Allen was not identified until thla
morning. There were no papers or
billfold in his pocket but his social
security number, 818-01-0098, was
tatooed on his shoulder. In his
pockets were a safety razor and a
leatherette cigarette : cr-se with
"Tulelake 2541" penciled on it .:
Deputy Coroner Marvin ' Albea
called that Tulelake phone number
this morning and talked with Mrs.
George White who Identified the
man and said that he had been
rooming at the White residence. He
was working as a cook at the Home
stead cafe In Tulelake. Allen is
believed to be single and a war vet
f .
Harold Jerry Ambers Is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clif
ford Ambers: a sister, Norma La
Veme; a brother, Clifford, and
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Ambers, all of Klamath Fails. -'
The bodies of both men are at
Ward's Funeral home.
Maybe She Could
Read Backwards
DES MOINES, July 26 P) The
woman motorist protested when she
failed to pass the vision test In her
driver's license examination.
"Why, I just got these glasses,
new." , ' ;
When she returned a short time
later she passed the test easily.
"They had put the lenses In backwards,"-she
explained. .... .
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