Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1941 — Page 1

XXXIX. No 179 '

IresiJenf Asks 1 Congress To Fix fl Ceiling On Prices

L* Defense Effort* Nation Jeopardized I Threat <>l Inflation; Lt Control LhMH’ERATION Lwion July W - <UK E,, R.«>».»-l! • .tilling that E»« Mt-ns* '*ff‘»rt >• * M,|n * Eynj by th* threat of InflaLi, asked rongre** ,o •‘ nat 1 ,hH control legislation, ■ra.iwl for establishment of ■ t>y cooperation of ■aa4 iMiwtry. R » message. how■id not recommend that wage L, W eattblhdied by congres■L' He admitted that there K)»y. be a tf.’d for «Me adKrtt' from time to time to K ißequitahl* situation* “ E hbor m a whole will fare Ifraai i labor policy which Lit*-* that wage* in the deEh4a«trie» should not »ubLily rl.t-etl the preValinig ■ rate* in comparable non-Er-uducri.-r where fair lahar E« hare been maintained." ■aMririt Mid 111 a tai E(r to con«re»r Eruiy through the effort* of luttoul defense mediation ■ and »*g* stabilization com|n »«r standard* are belntc ■it-h-.l and a measure of wag* E) a being brought to parE Industrie*. It I* expected |«u.h actlvltie* will tie con■t rttended, and made increa*I rtectire." . .rttxress for leKi»lati<H<. ■awerelt wax working in clone Etc ton with la-on HeaderIrtM of the office of price adEtr«• -o and civilian supply Lrtud that •inflationary price land increase* in the coat of ■ are today threatening to ■wine oar defense effor." lam therefore, recommending ■»<!••»« the adoption of meanIto deal with thia threa*," Mr. b»-It aald. Led now With the prospect ■tlatltmary price advances, Bat.'e action can no longer I*tly he postponed. Our natlaafety demand- that we take | at once to extend, clarify ■trengthen the authority of the ptuettt to act in the Intereat F t-neral welfare.** fatally. Mr Kooeevrit called ■Uhority extending for the durI of the emergency, to; I Katabliah celling* for nric?* pat*. I Pxrrhx.e material* ami comP** whenever necennary to ** price liability. I'*’* l more extensively with r 1 1* th* field of installment I Rooievelt g;i j4 ( p at the administration wide t 2. sos operation*. Hut p««iied that congres* could P* - 1 ****** check on Bitch powp providing that they temin- [ H,!# • limited time ifter exr’ 0 the emergency. •I Hammel I Rites Held This Morning f ,or Will Ham- . ♦ held this morning at io ,k * Black Mitigg H,rry T " < ” n W«“J* * IUUw Chafer of Indianabv M. «° k,n,B *- ■frotnpanr« Carrie Haubold at the ’ fh ?‘ uhM ’ r -‘« » P"ent hr the d«x enaed. Raj?? * ,r * °*> « Peter- « “ tetiM- h L Nobl ‘‘ K ' ,J ' noW «- IMn "»-££;.*•* "■ *• Omitted • From Legion Liat * #UUy * terttCM ** ‘ ecttß4 ’»««-coma P °“ No « Amiq ,T as oßlss ‘«n«ionally heat a* B ’ t O,flcer > >«terday. *ocrat T t RE T HtRMOMKTKR •®# a m. “ :00k in Z?**y! «••<•* to. r ’ ( *MThl! art *««’ 'hurray.

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KIDNAP EFFORT THWARTED HERE THIS MORNING Bluffton Man Battles Al* leged Attacker Os His Wife Police official* late today lntrn*lfled their effort* to apprehend a luppoaed sex maniac who. early thi* morning, kidnaped a Bluffton young couple In Itemtfur and wa* fruntrated In hi* apparent attempt to attack the girl. Official* were poaltlve Itiat the purported moron wa* the aame man who on Monday kidnaped g couple at Cwlina. Ohio and raped the girl. Shortly after midnight laat night Harold Jone*. 25 and hl* wife. IS. of Bluffton, tame to the police booth of the afreet fair to relate the atory of the kidnaping and their eacape, Bowder burn* about Jone*' face, whlrt and *houlder and on hi* wife'* cheek attMtsd to th*dr a**erlion that the hu»l>and had been ahot at three time* by the attacker. The couple aald that while they were witting In their auto In front of the Catholic achool on Fourth afreet preparatory to returning home after vlaltlng the fair, the man auddenly appeared at the *lde of the car. Before climbing into the car. the man ordered them to drive on and fired a »hol into the cuahion of the car near the couple to "ahow them he meant bu*ine** He ordered them to drive aouth to Chick'* comer, one mile noil th of Decatur and then to turn weat. AiMMtt half a mtte down that rood he ordered Jone*, al the pohvt of the gun. to halt the car. Jone* waa driving and Mr*. Jone* waa riding between her huaband and the attacker. The gunman, carrying what la believed to have been a 22 calibre dark revolver, ordered the huaband out of the car and commanded the wife to tie her huaband'* hand*. Before alighting from the car. Jone* grabbed (or <h* gunman, leaning over Mr*. Jonea. It wa* then that the gunman fired three time* at cknte range, none of the bullet* atrlklng the couple Both received powder hum*, however In the ocuffle. Jone* took an empty |>op liottle from a aide pocket of the car and mmck the attacker knocking him to the ground Then Jone* Immediately Jumped back Into the vehicle and fled with hl* wife. Since the attacker had taken the key* from the Ignition lock when he commanded Jone* to atop, the youth had to itecure another key from hla pocket before starring the car. They drove back to the police booth, where they notified »pecial officer Raymond Hha<-kley. Sheriff Kd Miller, officer* Adrian Coffee and Roy Chilcote were Immediately «ummoned and drove to the location where the scuffle had ensued Officer* Truman Blerle and Karl Wxrnock, of the state police, chief Jame* Border* of the city police and several volunteers took part «<x>irriNi;Ri> ow paow sivw. ARMY AVIATORS TALKTOCLUB Three Men From Fort Wayne Air Base Speak To Lions Three memiber* of the staff wt the new army airbase at Fort Wayne were the speakeia at the regular meeting of the Decatur Lion* club held last nigh' at the Knight* of Pythias home. The three were: Lieut. Russell Lehe. in charge of public relations; Lieut. Nicholas Marshall. In charge of operations and Lieut. W. H. McWhorter. In charge ul supplies. Kach of the three men told an interesting story of activities in the army camp. Guest* at the meeting were James Cowan, Holbert H. Heller. P. R Kessler, all of this city. Dr. E. P. Field*, wa* chairman of the program Ttel* i* his last meeting, since he wll Heave for army service August 1. President D. Burdette Custer preaided.

HARRY HOPKINS VISITS SOVIET UNION LEADER DiHCUNNeN War Aid; Rubsian Army Stiffens Resistance By Vnited Pres* Report* from the fighting front* today gave Ru**la an Im-reaamg edge In the battle against Nail Invaslon and Harry L llopkln* arrived at Moscow to discus* Vnlted State* war aid to the Hovlet with Josef Htalln Both from Ru**ia and Germany came Increasing Indication* that Soviet force*, having brotiKht the Wehrmacht almoat to a halt, are increasingly taking the iiPtlatlve with powerful counter-attack*, partlcudarly In the vital Smolensk sector. Hopkins' sudden and unexpected arrival at Moscow, accompanied by two American military aide*, appeared tacit confirmation that high Vnlted State* and British quarter* view the Hovlet defense with Increasing optimism. It la believed that th* Vnlted State* and Britain have been waiting only to make certain that Russia could establish a fairly firm and reasonably permanent front agulnst Germany before ni*hlng plan* to give the Hovlet extensive assistance In munitions and material. The fact that Hopkina suddenly flew from lamdon to Moscow, cancelling engagement*. Including one with a member of the British royalty. to do so may Indicate an Angki-Amerlcan decision to move swiftly and forcefully to Russn * aid. The Russo-German wa* reached It* SSth day today. This broke all previous record* for Naxl military campaign* Thirty-nine days from the start of Germany's offensive In the west last year Franco wa* suing for an armistice. Thlrty-ulue days from the start of th» offensive Into Russia Germany had overrun more square miles of territory than In western Kurope but had failed to break the fglhtfng power of the Red army and still appeared far from any of her goal* -crushing of Russian military power <ir seixitre of the three main Hovlet c'tles iCONTINUKt* ON FACIB VIVO) FREE ACTS ARE WELL RECEIVED Oubitanding Free Acts Thrill Crowds At Decatur Street Fair With the biggest day* of the fair on the way. the crowd* at the free act* are expected to be swelled considerably, although Idg throngs have attended and enjoyed the prosen tat lons during the first day*. The act of Violetta and Rook*, which features thrilling headstands on a trapexe. nearly 100 feet In the air. is proving to be one «o <he most entertaining on the program. While high act* always carry an added thrill for fairgoers, member* of the free act committee and the fair board promised something a little better than ever this year and the assertion proved to be more than Just a boast. The act finale, a double headstand spin on the swing* Is considered unusually daring. The comedy of Paige and Jewett. (CONTINtJKD ON PAOK SIX) . o ■— 0 —fl Democrat Carriers Treated To Rides By Gooding Co. p 'i —■ ♦ Once again, through the generous cooperation of Mr*. Ed Drum of the F E. Gooding company, about SO carrier* of the Dally Democrat "took in the fair" in fine style this afternoon The Dally Democrat arranged through Mr*. Drum to furnish the newscarrier* wRh ticket* for the various rides. Including the Big EU. the merry-go-round, etc. So if at any time this afternoon you heard whoops and shout* thot rivalled a wildcat siren In range and power. It wa* Ju*t the Demo crat’* "Uttle merchant*" letting off some of that same steam that enable* them to bring your paper *lx day* a week. &2 week* a year, winter or *uminer, twin or *h!ne And, once again, we say. if your paper t* a little late tonight, plea** try and understand "the little men bad a bu»y day"—enjoying them•elvea. After making the round* on the ride* the carrier* were “treated” to soda* and *undae* by the newspaper.

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Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday, July 30, 1911.

Nazis Drive Toward Iseninffrad EOBEt? I- ■ Attempting to reach German troops are pic tured above as they entered a Russian town near latke Pei|*a* on the Estonian-Russian border. Berlin says that Hovlet forces west of the hike have been trapped, but the Reds assert that the axis drive toward Leningrad had l»een halted.

WEATHER BREAK IS PREDICTEB “Cooler Weather” Prediction Os W'eatherman For Tonight Indianapolis, July 30 —(VP) — Hoosiers today welcomed a cryptic statement from the weatherman of ' “cooler Wednesday” as the end of sweltering discomfort from a beat wave which took a relentless toll of dead and parched Indiana farmland. At least 17 person* perished in the *tat>- from cause* attributed to • the beat since the wave began last week. Yeaterday'* victim* Included John H. Keith, 70. 450-pound Terre Haute restaurant proprietor who wa* fatally prostrated, and George I Hurt. 40. resident at the Fort Wayne state school who died of heart failure induced by the heat. The outlook for cooler temperai ture*. result of a cold front moving ' in from the north, was accompanl led by a forecast of local thunderI - — 1 tCONTINUKII ON PAGE THREE) — <►— Yorktown Aviator Comes After Plane Lovel Walser. 3*. Yorktown aviator. whose plane wa* forced down on the E J. Hcheiner farm east of Decatur on Thursday. July 24. returned to the Hchainer farm today to repair the plane and fly it home. He expected to leave for Yorktown late this afternoon. He said that one wheel of the plane was damaged in landing. Walser wa* forced down during a storm. 4>ut brought the craft down safely. GENEVA YOUTH IS SENTENCED Delbert Davidson Is Given Sentence For Resisting Officer ■ Delbert Davidson. 22. of Geneva, wa* given a fine and penal farm sentence thi* morning by -Mayor Forrest Elxey on a guilty plea to a charge of resisting an officer. Davidson wa* fined 210 and coats and given a penal farm sentence of 30 days. The charge against him I was filed by Dick Sutton. Geneva ■ night watchman Sutton told the court that Davld«on and another youth named Donald Overton had been fighting and that be bad ordered 'hem home. He said he saw Davison later and that when he stepped on the running board of the car. Davidson drove away, throwing him to the pavement. Prosecutor Vincent Kelley pointed out that Davidson bad been in trouble before, and that charge* of grand larceny had been placed against him before. Davidson was placed In the custody of Sheriff Ed Miller until he la taken to Putnamvllle to begin his sentence. Overton previously bad been fined *1 and cost* by James Barr, Geneva Justice of the peace, for hi* part in the frsca*.

Official Program ■ ■— ■— 9 Wednesday Night 7:00 The Roxelle*. Monroe and Third. 7:30 -Float Parade 800 Palge A Jewett. Madison and Third. 10:30 Violetta * Rook*. Jackson and Hecond. Thursday Afternoon I:oo—The Ruxelle*. Monroe and Thl-d. 2:00 Paige Sr Jewett, Madison and Third. 4:00 Pet parade. t:00 -Violetta * Rook*. Jackson and Hecond. Thursday Night 7:oo—The Roxelle*, Munroe and Third. Soo Paige A Jewett, Madison and Third. 9 00 The Cardova*. Monroe and Third. 10:30—Viuletta A Rook*. Jackson and Second. PLAN TRIP TO SEED FIELDS Ward Calland To Visit Sugar Beet Seed Fields In W’eat Mr. and Mr*. J. Ward Calland will leave Friday on'an extended trip throogh the west and northwest. visiting those section* where Vnlted Htates-gruwn sugar beet seed i* prodm-ed for farmer* in Indiana and Ohio. Mr. (Yalland. who i* vice-presid-ent and field manager fur the Central Hugar company, will first check on the seed grown in the Denver trea and in the Ogden and Htdter valley* in Utah. Thi* year’s crop Is lM>ing harvested now and plan* are being made for sowing next year** supply. The Calland* will also visit territories in Phoenix. Ari*., where seed i» produced by the American Beet Seed Production Corp., and then go to Houthern California, on up to Fresno and Tehetna, Calif., in the northern part of the state. A visit to the Wilimet Valley in Oregon and to Eugene and Halem will also be included in their itinerary. Since the outbreak of the European war. American grown beet seed ha* been produced suffessfully in the United Htate* and the Central Hugar company I* one of the leading manufacturer* aiding in the cultivation of blight resistant seed for local growers. Judging Flower Show Here This Afternoon Judging In the annual flower show of the-Decatur Garden club held .In the court house wa* to be concluded late Nils afternoon. The Judge* are: Mr*. Leon C. Yapp. Mr*. Frank Duline of Fort Wayne and Mr*. Clyde Barnes of Elmhurst. Members of the committee In charge of the show are: Mr*. Arttie Owens, .Mr*. Floyd Acker, Mr*. WilHam Kohl*. Mr*. Lawrence Green and Mr*. Henry B. Heller. Local club member* were enthusiastic in acclaiming the vhow ** one of the finest ever <o be staged. In addition to entries by the contestant*. exhibit* were arranged by the Decatur Floral company and Rents Florist*.

OLD SALE DARN ] SITE BOUGHT BYKALVERS Intend To Offer Large Tract To City For Use A« Free Parking Ix»t WWW Realising the need for auto parking space within the corporate limit*. I. A. Kalver and son Roy. theater proprietors, have purchased the Decatur sale barn *lte on east Monroe street and will offer It to the city for a free parking lot. The large tract of ground, on which the sale barn and a house are located, waa purchased today by the Kalver* from Fred Ahr. who recently acquired It from the Hr*hier heir*. It He* between Monroe and Jackson streets. The site has a frontage of 12* feet on Monroe street and as it I runs northward widens out to 2*7 feet along the Jackoon street right of way. It I* feet In length. The price was not announced. Mr. Kalver will submit a proposal to the city council next Tuesday The new purchaser* do not have details worked out. but state that • the use of the entire tract, exclusive of the buildings, which for the present will be maintained, will be offered for a free parking apace In all probability the city will Inasked to put the site In shape, tilling in the low place* with cinders, light It and maintain a watchman when necessary, “We want to discuss the matter with the mayor and councilmen next week and work out some ar- * rangement to provide a municipal, free parking lot for everybody. We believe the tract is Ideally adapted for this purpose, In view of it* slxe and proximity to the center of town, it i* less than three block* from the court house and sidewalks ' i lead to the place. Possibly If some arrangement can be made for the paying of the nominal taxes and the developing of the entire space Into a convenient public parking center, work can start on It thia fall. We do not expect any Inter- , eat return on the money invested and feel that free parking privilege* can be enjoyed by all who use It," , Mr. Kalver declared byway of explaining tlrst thought* on the subject. Each day see* a greater need for parking space in Decatur. Several years ago the first free parking lot was established In cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce, the property owners and the city administration for the lot on First street, at the intersection of Madison street. Later, the lot at the corner of First and Jackson streets, * owned by the Decatur school board, now the site of the new Moone home was taken over by the city, | filled In and leveled and a string of light* erected. With the purchase < of the lot by the Moose lodge, the Madison street lot is the only free parking lot, outside of the streets, in the city. It Is estimated that with the buildings on the lot, there will be space for at least 250 cars, after the north end is developed. It Is the intention of the Kalver* to re-1 <CtN*TINIJKI> ON PAOIO riVB) COLTS JUDGED THIS MORNINC Gold Medal Yearling Colts Are Judged Here Thin Morning Gold medal yearling colt* being displayed here this week in con- j nectlon with the regular horse ahow, were judged thi* morning. The Judge wa* George J. Freymuth, of Wapakoneta. Ohio. The colts are also being shown in the open classes which are being Judged today by Mr. Freymuth. Winner* in the gold medal show are a* follow*: Purebred — Martin F. Gallmyor. first; Archie Hmltley. second; I Harry W. third; B. H. Miller. fourth; Roy Hhoaf. fifth. Grade — Chris Knlpstein, first; ! John Gresley. second; Floyd Hhoaf. third; Melvin Buttck, fourth; Henry Macke, fifth; Marcus Luginbiil. slxe*; Ralph Christy, seventh. Fined For Failure To Stop For Highway 27 Fred Scheumann wa* given a fine of SI and cost* in city court by Mayor Forrest Elxey thi* morning on a charge of failure to stop for a preferential highway at the Intersection of Nuttman avenue and federal road >7 by-pass. Officer Trutnan Blerle of the state police force wa* the arresting officer.

Parade Os Floats And Bands Feature Free Fair Tonight

WICKARO SEEKS DEFEAT OF DILL Askn Congress To Defeat Bill Easing Wheat Penalty Washington. July 30 — <UJL — Secretary of agriculture (Imide R. Wlckard today asked congress to defeat a bill whh h would ease the penalty on wheat growers who exceeded their IMI agricultural adjustment administration acreage allotment. He suggested in a letter to chairman H. P. Fulmer. D. H <*.. of the house agriculture committee, that the bill already passed by both the senate and house, but In different forms, “should lie abandoned ** The house bill would allow growers who exceeded their allotments to market up to normal production of their alloted acreage. The senate attached a rider permitting allotment violator* to feed their excent wheat to livestock. The house version wa* Intended to aid farmers who suffered si partial crop failure. A farmer who had an allotment of 100 acres upon which the normal yield was 10 bushels an acre would be permitted to market 1.000 bushel* free of penalty regardless of the numlier of acres from whhh It was harvested. The senate bill would. In addition. permit farmers having wheat grown on acreage In excess of their AAA allotment to use It for seed or livestock feed and thus escape the AAA quota penalty of cent* a bushel The Dili ha* been *ent to conference. The agriculture dtqmrunent already has offered grower* three mean* of essaping It. They could store the excess wheat under liond to be sold in a year when no quota penalty is in effect; give it to the government fur relief distribution; or plant lie low their I!H2 acreage (OONTINUMIi ON PAGE TWO) JAP BOMBS HIT U.S. GUNBOAT Ship Damaged As Japanese Raid Harbor Os Chungking Shanghai. July 30 <UP)-Jap-anese bombs today damaged the IT H. H. Tutuila. a gunboat of the Vnlted States Yangtze patrols, during a raid on Chungking There were no casualties. The Japanese raider*. Chungking reports said, dropped bomb* directly over the Tutuila a* the vessel was anchored In the so-called safety gone across the river from th« capital. One bonrb wa* reported to have fallen only eight yrrds from the gunlsrat. caving In part of It* stern and blowing some loose equipment off deck. A small motor boat belonging to the Tutuila was sunk Another <bomti landed 20 yards from the Tutuila. between the gunboat and the Vnlted State* embassy. A third bomb damaged th* 'CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE* 0 Child Stillborn, Mother Is Serious A Iraby girl wa* stillborn last evening to Mr. and Mr*. John Dlerke* of thi* city at the Van Wert. Ohio hospital. Mr*. Dlerke* before her marriage was Ml** Fern Jo*eph of Convoy. Ohio. The mother'* condition was reported critical, following birth of the ibatby. but hoapltal attache* reported this afternoon that aha was slightly Improved. Funeral arrangemens for the infant were not made known here. Local Youth Held On Contributing Charge Richard Tope, 11, of Washington •treat, I* being held by Fort Wayne police authorities on charge* of contributing to the delinquency of a minor Tope wa* arrested here yesterday by Sheriff Ed Miller and held in Jail until taken to Fort Wayne by authorities front that dty. The complaining witness In the case I* a IS year old Hoagland glrL

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Colorful Parade Tonight At 7:30 Is Expected To Draw Immense Crowd To City Streets PETS THURSDAY The most colorful feature of Ite catur's annual Free Street Fair and Agricultural Show, the parade of floats and band*, will headline tonight'* fair program. Gaily decorated float*, nattily garbed young musician* from cities surrounding Decatur and Adam* county, will march In the parade, which Is ucheduled for 7 :30 o'clock. Forming at the municipal plant, lite parade move* on Third to Adam*, eaat to First, thence north Thi* afternoon's parade at 3 o'clock drew round* of applause from fair-goer* who braved the heat to see the gay spectacle. This float and band parade- has become noted throughout thi* secthen of the country for its color and fine music and annually draw* on* of the largest crowd* of fair Week to the city. Pet Parade Another parade, one of an entirely different nature, will feature Thursday's program. For the third consecutive year, kiddie* of Decatur and vicinity will parade their prised pet* down the midway iTi* parade, starling at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, will lie formed in the yard at the county Jaii and will move north through the midway to North Second, where It will Im- disbanded. A*aisting fair official* In staging this parade are memlMM-M of the Tri Kappa. Fit lota XI. Delta Theta Tau and Eta Tau Hlgma sororities Hcore* of prise* will be given to the proud owner* of the prise winning pet*. l-a*t night'* crowd on the midway wa* one << the larges' Tuesday nighi throng*. Vndaunted by the extreme heat, the crowd milled through the midway until a late hour, with the bulk of th.- crowd staying until after the final free act at 10:20 o'tdtM-k. O rFAIR SIDELIGHTS * • ♦ Young Bolt Haley provided the biggeat laughs at the milking contests laat night. The local youth, son of Made Haley, even approached the cow from the wrong side. “Bossy" soon told him that was wrong, however, witti a well directed kick at the milk pall. Martha Ellis and Annie Le« aro the name* of the two charming daughter* of the "fat lady" at the sideshow on the midway The two young lassies, whose own weights are normal, are the daughter* of Mr*. Gertrude Karn*, whose weight Is billed on the show banners as 70S pound*. Mr. Karns, while a good-sized fellow in no way matches hl* mate in weight. “No bicycle* are allowed on tbo midway" this has boeomo the chant of the public address system during the opening days of the fair. Youngsters are asked to realize the dangers of riding their bike* on the midway and stay on the aldo street*. C. Antone Oehler, known a* thd world s fastest oil painter, is attracting crowd* at her exhibit on the north end of the midway. Her exhibit, nhonving various oil painting*. wa* one of the late arrival* booked tor the fair. Six patients, one with a burnctf arm, another with a cut finger, still another with an infected foot un-l other minor injurie*, were car.tl foe at the Red Croa* first aid tent yesterday. Stanley Arnold, tester employed by the Adams county dairy herd improvement association. I* bavinff a lot of fun with an unusual device or Instrument which he uses at th» cattle tent. The device looks almost like a rolling pin. with a handle on one end. But on the other end. instead of a handle, appear two small knobs, atsrut three-fourth* of art inch In length. Three flashlight batteries are Inside the Instrument, charging the knob* Stanley hold* up the instrument to unsuspecting persons, most of whom grap oe touch the metal knobs. Just for curosity. The result is "quite a shock" but of course not severe enough t-1 (GPNTAKkIMR OM FAOB TWul~*