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liumSign MAM To rinn w oj£_. ToSoeod Housma JI i WooMOfM, April to-(UF) - Preaidant Truman today signed the ll.s*e,9o*.oofl touring MH intended la spur bote* betiding aad devetopateut at rental dwellings ff A » maud laaawwaMdh lO* IQwto to DO uißk *FuwW CmbUlo*. '~- /■ Mr Trema* atsaad tb* legist* tioa although M did Mt contain a proviatou which he sought —a 21.000.999,909 program at direct federal taaaa to heaaiait cooper stives. ’ ~ ■ Bat Me aignatero set la motion the Mailed operatitma at the federal housing administration and ™I7. th* F*4*nU H*tfoMU MOftBUB **" anetottae. It will make It easier ex-GTs to got home loaaa. Il Awvtaee. too. for limited direct toi4***l Bobb* bool a Bfetl *Ol" lr«t> tor hoealas. Hl* hat heaa crippled elnce the first of March by a coatMnatloa of aa empty puree and expired lawt. The new housing legislation pate up 22.2t9.0M.Uee — mart for the FHA to Inrere mortgages far private house building under Ita title fl program. . One provialoa la the new legit lation will permit ex-Gls to bay ...» larger homes with, a relatively email down payment The voterant administration now It authorland to guarantee up to 27409 on a loan for a haunt that cafamom veteran fore than IH.4W. Peerkmuiy. It could only guarantee up. to 24.0 M <m a hrnme rootles or more The maturity time-os a V A guaranteed loan la extended from ft to 29 yearn. The housing bill In a compromise. i la turning down Mr. Truman'n _ co-op proposal. however, the senate and house did approve continuance of the prevent govern- ' meat program of mortgage InSur ance for privately-financed cooperative devetopmenta Other main provialoM of the Mil . . ... I: The federal national mort*”gag< aaaOilation lee-catted ~Fntr nie May) gets I’SO.OOd.tXHt to buy I up VA and FHA Insured rnort j gages on homes already completed. I. ffSO.MO.MM) more for the FHA'a mortgage insurance pro. j gram for modernising and repair-1 Ing private homes nod for build- ‘ ing very low cost homes in auhur-1 « ban area*. Tie- program would j be extended for five years. i. A total of 11M.00C.000 Ip’ longterm low cost federal loans to veterans .to build homes when ! they cannot borrow money from I private lenders but are certified i by The. VA to be good credit rlaks. William Spurgeon Is Berne Principal Berne. April N — William 11. Spurgeon, science and mathematics Instructor in the Berne-French high school, has been named principal of the school, succeeding Mist Caroline Hirechy. who resigned recently. Spurgeon Is a native of Sheridan, and baa taught here for M years He la married, i 1 has three sons and lives a half ■ 1 mile north of Berne. His appointment was snnounced Wednesday by the school board. Lad Admits Being Death Car Driver I New Castle. Ind. April >O—(UP) ’ —A 15-year-oM high school student admitted today bo waa the driver ( of the antomoNle which struck . snd killed t|iree-yearoM Terry ; K inert - J, Keith Raymond Jobnsoo was ( charged with reckless homicide ; after he told police he didn't stop because, be had go driver's license. , Terry was killed wMIe ~ playing , la frpnt of bls boats yesterday , WIATMCR night Friday fair and a little 1 warmer In aftoenoon. Low I night Friday Mr aad • Itttt* < night M to M "Orth, B to M eovtK High Friday M to U north, noor M oeuth.

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BULLETIN j »' "rt ’ 1 Th» onai jwy Ntaumari to tte gmurt mat today aad fltad a rapart fa tha apadfatWaatfaatiM aadaftokaa fa toaMrtfoa with Mn mt parUw aad rwtaraad aawa fadirtataato Tte aaiaaa as tha aavaa caaaat to dhndtM aad Jad*« Myiaa Parriah eitod to tha jarora Ito penalty far caatoaipt abode aww or tbta fafarauitlM to aww. Tto dock la Ufa eoart raaai ahawad 3:31 o’dock whan tto jary filed kack into Ito jarer’a be*. It waa then that Jadye Parriah mW. “ladfaw aad yenUeaMit. are yes ready to report?" The praaearttag attorney then banded the jndge the report and the aeven fadicfMenta which were immedfateh' filed by the eoart. Riley Program Is Presented To Lions IMhoe Dorwln was in charge of the Uous club meeting held Tuesday nt which Albert Coyle, instructor of speech and English at North Bide high school. Fort Wayne, presented a James Whitcomb Riley program, reciting his more familiar poems, offering pantomime. He was accompanied by Mrs. Coyle at the piano Phil Sauer. Uoae president, was In charge of the regular business meeting. Tri Kopps Dental Clinic Held Today '“Tto Tri Kappa nocority s dental clinic waa told today in the lAe Ml aad St. Joseph grade m-irools Incledlng kindergarten, with all dentists of Decatur participating The dentists, assisted by members of the sorority examined I.OM children and discovered that about one-half of them were in need of dental care. The two main neglects, it was reported, were orothodoatia and prothyloxia. straightening ahd tdeaniag This clinic is held every year In the grade schools and the' Tri Kappe sorority takes care of rll needy children 14Graduates Listed ! At Jefferson School Berne. April io Fourteen ' young men and women of Jefferson high school comprise this year's graduating class of the school. Miss Miriam Weaver la ' valedictorian of the class and I Marlon Deßolt is the salutatorisn i Other metnlters of the class sc* i Martha Bailey. Charles William ! Patterson, Melvin Wall, Bryce Christy, Carl Spangler. Emma , Jane SwiUer. Wayne Oerber. 1 Alice Meyer. Emma lx»u MorningI star. Melody Kuhn. Eugene WellI amt' and Colleen Kelly. Seven Permits For Buildings Issued Business Barometer Fs Issued By C. C. Seven buildlag permits for «!,- 121 In new construction were is sued (luring March, the monthly, business barometer of the Chamber of Commerce shows. In February there were three permits for 05.O&O and In March. tM>. permits numbered three for only SIAM es coustruetida work. .. Employment tn six of Decatur's Industries reached almost 1.490 la March, the Barometer shows. The total reported la TJM. compared to 1J« la February and AM» a year ago Car loadings ta-aud-out of Decatar durlag March were 1.M5. compared with lAI7 la February and 2.224 In - The industrial payroll climbed to T42tA*o last month, a gain of 21.2 percent over a year ago. Installation of electric, gas and wster tneurp snd new telephones showed a slight Increase for the atoath. Washington township poor relief expenditures climbed to 11.144 in March, compared with 2*52 In February and 1171 a year ago. The higher price for coal Is said to have caused some of the increase Births reported In the city for Msrch wetv 51. compared to 54 a year ago. March deaths were IS sad I* a year ago.

rircnKn uroer Strike AmM Jlimv HyIIHIJI 1 Strike Ordered For Next Wednesday To Enforce Demands Chicago. April 29—(UP)—Tha Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen neat orders to 12.099 members today to strike against seven major railroads next Wednesday to enforce demands for an additions! fireman oa multiple-unit dleaet engines. Inion apokesmU a*M the strike would tie up passeager and freight service over thousands of miles of trackage from Harrisburg and Buffalo west to the Pacific ocean. Shippers and pas- - sengera could still use other routes between the east and west const, however. Tto strike will go Into effect Wednesday at * a. m. in each time tone. ,• I All trains la the struck areas will be stopped, the unkm said. Including those pulled by dleuel. i steam aad electric engines. There was still a possibility. ’ however, that the dispute might • be settled by negotiation The eastern section of the coun--1 try was not sffected by the strike I order. But the midwest aad west could suffer severel/. especially with the. approach of the wheat har- - vest. ■ Railroad, ordered struck were the' Atchison. Topeks and Banta Fe; the Southern Railway; the Ohio Central; the Big Four; tto Pennaylvanta west of Harrtsbprg; | the New York CentMl west of 1 Buffalo, and the Michigan Central west of the Detroit riverThe strike presumably would ' slop some of the nation's most fsmous trains, including the New York Central's “20th Century Limited" and "Pacemaker'' and the Santa Fes “CMef" and “Su-per-Chief.'' I Thousands of daily passengers , would be forced to resort to other lines or to buses and trains to cross the country. The Santa Fe. one of the most important routes through the . ..Chicago to Calveston. El Paso. Los Angeles and Suu Francisco, runs through the (Tara Ta Face Twa) Court House Clock On Daylight lime To Operate Offices -- On Standard Time The board of county commissioners. in a recent meeting, voted to comply with an act of the I*4* legislature and operate all offices of the court house on central standard time—but at the same time employes will come to work an hour earlier. The board adopted a schedule whereby officee will open at 7 a.m.. and close at 2:29 p.m., central standard time. Thia schedule Is comparable to the present hours of 2 o'clock tn the morning to 4:20 o'clock In the afternoon. In conjunction with the time schedule, the commissioners voted to move the court house tower clock ahead one hour. Judge Myles F. Parrish stated that the court will remain on standard time; whether It will convene an hour earlier has not been decided. ■ — Blds -wwr »r*o Inviteu by tto commissioners for painting contracts to Improv* the interior and exterior of tbs'jail, aad also the outride trim o(. the court house. This bid was readvertised Wednesday when no bids were received as the result of the first advertisement Bids will also be received by the board tor bridge eoariruettoa tn Blue Creek township. - Kokomo Surgeon Is Killed In Accident .. Tiptoe, ind. April 29—(IJP)— Dr. David A. Morrison. 54. Kohomo surgeon, waa killed when his car rammed into tha back of a semitrailer la U. a. 21. south of tto junction with. Ind. M. yesterday. State police said Mrs. Ruth MotTI son and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Conradt:' who were riding with h|m. were In fair condition at St. Joseph's hospital. s

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■ I'TiT. i|..W Bipartisan rwucy move EHNNiN •auentary Oaan Aoheaon •dwator Styles Bridges WHETHER THE ELCCTION-VtAR poHUcal hatchet will be burled for the sake of a Mpartioan foreign policy la next question following a coafereaen fatoM FrwMoat Tnuaaa. ftoeretary of Hute Dean Acheson, aad Senator Stylos Bridgne (RL New Hampshire, at the White Hoaae. Bridges told the PreeMeat a* Mectlve bipartisan foreign policy requires pertliipetirm of “tto Senate Republican leadership.'' Truman said ha and Actoaea would solicit views of Republicans “both ia .. . fenuattoa aad topismentstloa .. . "

Uasmesaaaue rtllrtllrt rl iWArings uxninueG By Board Os Review 44 -wr M to nrt* win Frlwiy S FJvOs ItTyS Are Loueched Today 1 Mary's township taxpayers bowed today by the board of review on farm land and improve meats valuations. The hearings tor this township will continue through Friday. The number of objectors from this township was considerably less than the overflow crowd from Washington township during the first three days of the week. « Next Monday and Tuesday the board will bear from taxpayers ia Blue Creek township. . Large de leastions are ’expected from Monroe township next Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, the daya scheduled for hearings from land owners In that township. Albert Harlow, county assessor. I stated that hearings for the other townships would follow In course. French. Hartford. Wabash and JesJerson being listed in that Taxpayers have been notified by mall when they shall appear, However, if some find It Impossible to appear that day. the board will set a date before the close of the session Mr Harlow also said that an additional date for Washington township taxpayers would be arranged for those who were not beard this week. I

■IS -n, ■ • — t ;-TT Clears Rumors Regarding Organizing Private Club

There h»ve been conference*, excitement galore and rumors la Decatur the last tew days concerning the establishment of a private club tn the basement of the building nt the northeast corner of Monroe aad Second streets Reports that a horsebooking confergv slot machines and a poker game would operate under the guise of a club have mad* the roaad*. Decatur lodge* and fraternal organlsatioas have been eonIn an Interview with Cletus Witter. Decatur baalneaa man. who, with Gerald Visard, was reported te tare obtained the Club 99 charter from Bluffton, th* following story was given a Daily Democrat reporter: About a month ago,' Witter‘ ansnmed the aaeeta of the Ctab 99. a defunct Bluffton club, which aome yeere fafo W*s-Of>erried m a ptT vote poker club, Chib 99 waa Mt operated as th* short-lived horsebooking room at Bluffton, which created a furore ia ttat city eeveral mentta ago. _MBfor aa|d ttat he aad hto partner tad ndver contacted nay outside interests aad that they never had planned to have a "bookie" establtehment The acquisition waa made through a Judge WayM Wil-

$25,000 Obtained At Stfe Is Crocked Connersville. Ind. April to—(UP)—Authorities today continued a search for safe-trackers who blew a safe in the basement tt the Paul Keller home with a small ehaißW'U explosive aad' escaped with at least *2s.mto Jn cash and ■ * t < s' ' May Reduce Postal Carrier Force Here Revamp City Routes Following Orders. Compliance with Postmaster General Donaldson's order to reduce eUy reeideattal mall drilw erica to otic a day. will probably mean one lees carrier oa tne city force, Leo Kirsch, Decatur port-maMar,~aaid-today. The one . trip by each carrier win give the men more time to process mail la the office, Mr Kirsch said. Efficiency will not 1 be lessened, the postmaster said : There are three sectiona in the 1 city now aerved with only one mail delivery each day These are the Master Drive addition. Stratton Place and the Homesteads. • There are six city carriers and one parcel post carrier in the city. The revamping of the routes will start next week and with the one trip daily, carriers will use afternoon hours In the , office. Mr. Kirsch said. Carttan are employed bn an eight-hour day basis, the post master said '■l ...I f— —rr. —

ier of Ft Wayne as attorney. He said it was their plan to have a private elub with a special business man's lunch counter for noontime sandwich**, shuffle board and other light recreational equipment: a taxi stand; megasines and novelties. "We. never anticipated a gambBB room, slot machines or a pothf ‘ game," Miller said “We already had petitioned the secretary of state to change the name- of the charter to the 'Flying' Saucer Club.' The Interior of the room* area to be in knotty pine and the cleb fee waa to be nominal Bach member waa to be provided with a key. to keep out untjesir able pairopt ** Miller aaM that th* plan would W carried forward toss that the ctab would be subject to inspection of police Mtboritte* at any time Ne teM tbri be deeired to taewe * statement coeeernlng the plana because of the assay current rumors, and atoe bars ass there even were stories being circulated ttat taroral candidate* tor office tad been linked with th* propoaaL Miller concluded ttat be tad only ona partner and ttat the club would be operated "entirely within the laws of the stat* aad oedt naness of the eity at Decatur."

Bases Charges Lattimore Agent For Communists On Other Leaders' Reports

,r a -A. ft— ru_-a-J VlilCDlS LlvClvO By IB AssocWioß - Robert Zwick Again Elected President Officers for the romiag year were elected Wedaeeday night by the Adams county tuberculosis association. in that group’s annual meeting The committee also presented Us annual Christmas seal nalea report vfcteii wan 4aecribed as "successfully completed." The sate this year, it waa reported, amounted to *4490.12. a gale of 2195 5* over last year. A report waa also made of the patch test made last October tn which I.ol* children were examined, and eight reactors were discovered. These cases, the committee reported, were referred to the family's physician Robert W Zwick was reelected president of the Adams county association'; Charles Fuhrman, vice president. Mrs. W. Guy Brown, who submitted the annual report, was reelected secretary, aad Dr Roy Archbold; treasurer. Tbs Rev. Ignatius Vlchuras. Dr. James Burk. Mrs, Ernest Reirheldeffer. John H HtuHs and Writer J. Krick were elected to the executive board. Directors of the organisation cbeeea .Wsdnesday tore'Mrs J. Ward Calland. Charles Fuhrman. Mrs. Neills Coppeas. Theodore Grotrlan. Mrs. Murray Holloway. Helen Kenney, E. M. Webb. Dele W. Ross. Mrs Xaritfa Walter*. Mary Schlagenhauf. John B. Stults. Walter J. Krick. Dr. James Hutk. Mrs Ernest Reicheldrffer. )in. . Lloyd Byerly. Mrs. Eli Graber. Harold F Reasoner. Mrs. Cari Kuhn, the Rev. Ignatius Vlchuras. Dr Myron Habegger. and Hansel -Epley. ... During the business meeting a report was also included concerning thy? mobile X-ray units which i virtted the county In all poenlve tli'nis. the person was 'SffiWfaFTff see his family physician The report concluded that five ! patients are cared tor in the Irene j Byron sanitarium by the assoda--1 tion. tor rehabilitation, and further commented on the “fine coopera tion from the Adams county medical society and other health agencies." Jefferson Township Farmer Is Suicide Dewey Kuhn Found Deod This Morning Dewey Kuhn. 45. a farmer living In Jefferson township about nine mllei’southeast of Berne, early today committed suicide at bis home. Neighbors discovered th* body. Coroner Harmon Glllig, who lurestigated. set the time of the death at about 9 o'clock this morning Kubn had been In IH health for about a year. It waa reported, but the family did not believe him to be despondent enough to take bls own life A IPgauge shotgun, the lustns ment used to take hi* life, was found beside the farmer's body Neighbors discovered the body near the borne early today and immediately notified officials Kuhn bad not been in HI health, especially, the family said, though be was of nervous character, and the death came an a complete surprise and- shock to them. Kuhn waa born near Ctottanoogh. O. November 17. 1*94. aad bad lived the. last to years to Adams county. He waa married November (. 1*29 to Opal Baker; who aur vivro-Mm? - In addition to his wife. Kuhn te survived by two sous. Darrul aad Rex. and one daughter. Audrey Ann. ell at home Tto mother. Mrs. A4au Kvha. of CMattAßaoca, O. also turrivea. aa du five brothers. Roscoe. Decatur rural routs: Herbert. Willshire. O ; Wilbur. Bryant: Lleyd. near Chattanooga, and Ralph. Chattanooga, aad oa* ala<Twew To tows Ftvs)

Urges Nations Joni Lsmpuiyn On Propaganda r mMww * ■t • niww Urges Democratic Nations Join Drive Washington. April to—(VP) — ' Frseideat Truawn today urged 1 other dsmoenUte Britons to jot* thta country tai “a groat cam- ' paign at truth" against Raseta's 1 world wide propaganda. “We must pool oar efforts with those of tto other free peoples 1 in a saataluad. iateaeifled program to promote the eaaee of freedom agaiuri the propaganda 1 of slavery," tto preetdeat told a ■ luncheon meeting of the American ' Society at Newspaper Editor* 1 He dtecioeed that be had direct 1 ed secretary of state Deen Ache- ’ eon to step up this government * oversea* informettou program to., /avoid "the risk that ariioae nay ' to lest to the < auee of freedom ” r Mr Truihan said in hie broad - i- cast epeach the people at too many nation* do not know the 1 facta about “imperialistic com- - menlasn." '• "We must make ourselves 5 heard 'round the world In a great ■ campaign of truth." he arid The chief wseculive • decried “partisan presentation of (or- • sign policy aad reminded the edi- - tors of their “tremendous responsibility” In carrying out that - policy. L “Moot of you jwe meeting that > responsibility well- but I am nor--1 ry to say that a few are meeting it badly." he said. He took note of recent criticism of the state department by Say- ' ing that from some quarters, which he did net define, "there ia t «>" much aotonne" MBHUC riilped trousers in foreign affairs " Far more influence is exerted by the baggy pant* of the managing editor." he said The president always join* the ABNE during ita annual spring, meeting here Up until this year, bq usually talked with the editor* in confidence Today, however, hi* remark* at the Statler Hotel luncheon were on-the-record. , He spoke from a prepared hi* address was broadcast la advocating factual aad unbiased reporting of foreign policy, the president said “the facts ’Teen Ta Few* mu* Plm Resurfacing Os U.S. Rosa 224 Federal Rood West Os Decatur Included US highway 224 west of Decatur to Markle is included In the Indiana highway commiasion'a , plan* for reeurfnrlag thia summer. , it waa announced today. Samuel C. Hadden, chairmen, said that an oil asphalt will be need for twmtrtactog concrete highway*. The stretch of highway tn Adame coaaty is biack top, tot Ha44en‘s vtatMßent 4i4 Mt mantioa the kind of material that trill h* need on this part of the road forested th the repair of West Monroe street and the east section of V. B. highway 2’t to tto Ohio state Hue Ftaroo Hatwtah. at Blufftoa. dfo trict sup arte tautest at state highway*. whisk totludm Adam* eonoty. wna «woted *a otytag.that tto VnBPM -o—~a ..J * MMj flrun of U.B highway 224 would be included la a full repair program. Monroe street, west of Fourth to Thirteettth street to la a terrible end temporary repair* have not Improved the earfare of tto street. Au sanoearemeat to expected on those pro jecte from the district superiateedeet'e ofttee la the seer tetare.

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No Knowledge Os .Owen Lattimara Aa Yaa Comma# Aaaa# - Wathtofton April M—«TF) —jp, BedkMM mU4 fcMtay ttart Owen Lattimore was a mrmher of saM he ted edi know tto tar eastern expert aa Roatea'e "top m*MM“ _ *v**tewtifit# before cote- ■ mentrt tavesttaatora tai eenaeetta* I with Ren Joseph R McCarthy's y sharps* that Lattimore was a com- > mwttiot and B—■!>*> ‘Xop MptaMtfP i agent." Badenx based hl* chargee oa i what other commeatot lisdsre had i told hto ' Toward the etas* of hta appenF ’ ance. chairman Millard ■. Tyteag* > of th* inveatlgsting suheoaunßtee > asked Budent tor a direct answer i on whether he had peraaaal knowledge of Lattimore'* alleged eom- ■ mentot affiliations “Oeteide of what I was effictali ly told hy the communist lender*, t. I do not know of Mr 1 ettlmtwu aa r a coaMneniat." Bddent rep Me- . J-’Tder oub, Budenr swore 'that - latttaaore perticipeted ia a eoee- > mental “call.' with other jamah sea ) who wore “Soviet eoptenage agset* • to my tenwledgr " Etfward J. Mofgga. ekief emm-' ' I ael tor the iavestigatiM Sabcommtatee. naked Budeas ts to eoeld support McCarthy'* statement that Lattimore waa Rusal*'* *tof“ spy. "Well, to my knowledge, that statement tochnleally 1* not accurate From my own knowledge 1 would not any that he waa the top Soviet agent." Budenx said. Budenx for many year* waa one of the leading communist* in thia country and be&me president aad managing editor of the communist newspaper the Dally Worker He renounced communism to 1945. lartimore, a noted.authority on far eastern affairs, has often, been con- ’ wiwrw rirtx-g<»vwwßWW'p<*“ • icy in the orient Asked if he knew that Lattimore was a communist. Badenx said that Lattimore was referred to aa a communist by such tod red* a* Earl , Browder, slnce-depoaed boos of'the communist party, and Jack Stachel. . on* of the 11 red leader* recently convicted th New Yofk for eon •piracy against the Budent held he himself never met Lattimore The question also was raised of the FBI summary o* Lattimore which was shown to the senate investigators early this'mouth Subcommittee chairman Millard E. Tydings' D.. Md_. had said at the time that the report cleared Lattimore. But Badenx explained that he did not give his detailed information oa Lattimore to th* FBI until "a couple of daya" after the * Hoot or* tad inspected the FBI report Budent testified under oath before a senate foreign relation* subcommittee tn support of charges by See. Joseph R. McCarthy. IL. Win.. ■ who alleged ttat Lattimore was 1 Ruaria's top espionage agent in the 1 United Btatee. Lattimore who has denied th* a5 legettoes seder the same oath as a "malicious He." rat a few feet i behind Baden* throughout the vmvFvmt*- ** * i tank. Lattimore, a profeoaor at . John* Hopkins Uuiveraity. to a not- - ed expert on ter lent ora afthtrs. Bedent acknowledged at the outset ttat he ted Mt know Lattimore ' . personally He bared hta acenae- ; tioa principally oa a 1937 meeting of cotatuuntet petty leaders to New , York at which, be said. Lattimore WOO' aaetgeod -the arioeioe of pro-. . mot lag Ike Ckktoae communist cauta. BedeM riteßdwd tta tuvet-- . ing. Lattimore did not «MarmuNff oMrefetased-tke-Cetto-'’', He ekurch. was managing editor of the Drily Worker aad a member at the communist party's pol« 1 burr, dr poUtteal loanmlttes at the time at the 1937 meeting Bla tetefat fete totem. <■ W KaMe t * LtoßFw rotary of the commuata* party, attended the 1927 pollttaro moaftag end "commended" Lattimore for "glaring rommuntot writer*" oa ** (Teen T» F<ro* OhU •i