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Ernie's vacation.’ In this one he tells of a close brush with death at Anzio.
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY, March, 1044.
—We almost got it this time. TT try to tell you how
it feels. I'm speaking of the bombing of our villa -
e Anzio beachhead which you may have read about in the news dispatches.
We correspondents here stay -
In a. villa, run by the 5th army's public relations section. In" this house live -five officers, ]2 enlisted men and a dozen correé-
British. ° The. house is on the waterfront. The current sometimes
house is a huge, rambling affair, with four stories down on the beach and then another complete section of three stories just above it in the bluff, all connected by 8 series of interior stairways, For weeks long-range “artillery shells had tein
x in the water ‘ot ‘on ‘shore within a couple of hundred yards of us. Raiders came over nightly,
yet, ever since Dilay this villa had seemed -to be charmed. The night belore our bombing Sgt. Slim Aarons of Yank Magazine said, “Those shells-are so close that if the German gunner had just hiccuped when he fired, bang would have gone our house.” And I said, “It seems to me we've about used up our luck. It's inevitable that this house will be hit before we leave here.” Most of the correspondents and staff lived in the part of the house down by the water, it being considered safer because it was lower down. But I had been sleeping alone in the room in the top part because it was a lighter place to work in the dayWe called it “Shell Alley” up there because the Anzio-bound shells seemed to come in a groove
- right past our eaves day and night.
‘Awakened Early
ON THIS certain morning I had awakened early and ‘was just lying there for a few minutes before getting up, It was just 7 and the sun was out
~ bright,
Suddenly the anti-aircraft guns let loose. Ordinarily I don’t get out of bed during a raid, but I did’ get up this one morning. I was sleeping in long underwear and shirt so’ I just put on my steel helmet, slipped on some wool-lined Slippess and went to the
ible I don't remember whether I herd any noise or not.
spondents, both American and
-washes over our back stéps.” The
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The half of the iridow thst was site was vipped out and hurled across the room. The glass was ‘blown intp thousands of little pieces. Why the splinters br the window frame Tteelg didn’t hit me I don’t know. » From the moment of the “arse blast until it was
. over probably not more than 15 seconds passed. Those,
15 seconds were so fast and confusing that I truly)
can't say what took place, and the other correspond-
ents reported the ‘same. . ‘There was debris flying back and forth all over the room. One gigantic explosion came after another, The concussion was terrific. It was like a great blast of air in which your body. felt as light and as helpless as a leaf tossed in a whirlwind.
I jumped into one corner of the room and squatted |’
down and. just cowered there. I definitely thought it was the end, Outside of that I don’t remember what my emotions were.
Whole Wall Blew In
SUDDENLY ONE whole wall of my ‘room blew in, burying the bed where I'd been a few seconds before under hundreds of pounds of brick, stone and mortar, | Later when we dug out my sleeping bag we found the steel frame of the bed broken and twisted, If I hadn't gone to the window I would have two broken legs and a crushed chest today: Then the wooden doors were ripped off their hinges and crashed into the room. Another wall started to tumble, but caught only part way down. The French doors leading to the balcony blew out and une of my chairs was upended through ‘the open door, As I sat cowering in- the corner, I remember fretting because my steel hat had blown off with the first blast and I couldn't find it. Later I found it right beside me. I was astonished at feeling mo pain, for debris went tearing around every inch of the room and I couldn't believe I hadn't been hit/ But the only wound I got was a tiny cut on my. right cheek from flying glass, and I didn’t even know when that happened. The first time I knew of it was when blood ran down my chin and dropped onto my hat. I had several unfinished columns lying on my table and the continuing blasts scattered them helterskelter over the room and holes were punched in the paper, -I remember thinking, “Well, it won’t make any difference now anyhow.” Finally the terrible nearby explosions ceased and
was still alive.. But I stayed crouched in the corner until the last shot was fired. :
Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum
NOTHING ON THE zoo today. We have more to tell, but we don’t want to wear you out on the subJect, and besides we have to catch up with our supply of general information. For instance, we're afraid you might not have noticed a story in yesterday's Times” warning that. next Monday is the absolute » ¥i
deadline for. paying the fall instalment of taxes. The office closes at 6 p. m.... Yesterday, Donna Mikels, a Times reporter, phoned State Forester T. E. Shaw for a story on the danger of forest fires because of the dry weather. Lots of forest and grass fires are started by carelessness in handling smoking materials, Mr. Shaw said. “Yes,” agreed Donna; “they certainly are. The wastebasket at my elbow is on fire. Someone must have tossed a match or cigaret in it.” Someone extinguished the blaze without bothering the fire department across the street. . . . Evans of the schools administrative staff is
for an appropriate name for a new “house - organ” to be started soon for school eftiployees. Some-
one already has suggested the name, “Tardy Bell,” but Bill is looking for some more nominations: . Incidentally, there's a certain teacher at Ripple’ high school whose first name is Mary and who has charge of public relations at the school as a part of her duties. Her work requires occasional calls to the school board offices where she confers with
- ALI Baer, the schools publications consultant. The
other: dgz, BI Z¥az, Si5wered the phone and hear-
ing a feminine voice asking for Mr. Kettler, replied.
“Just a minufe, Mary.” Al answered: “Hello, Mary.” The voice at the other end of the line came back with: “This isn’t Mary. This is your wifel” ; A Wartime Tragedy. SEVERAL WEEKS ago, Mrs. I. J. Rwitny, whose husband is a major with the 32d general hospital in France, received a letter from him sayirig he had
sent home a box containing some wooden shoes. Incidentally, he added, "he had included a bottle of
World of Science
THE INCENDIARY BOMB is the chief contribution of the chemical warfare service to aerial warfare in world war II. Its chief contribution to ground fighting is the flame thrower. ~The idea of using flame in war goes back to the time of antiquity when the defenders of walled cities threw pots of burning pitch down onto the heads of the attackers. In our own pioneer days, the American Indians sometimes made” use of arrows with flaming tips to set on fire the roof of a blockhouse, However, the Germans get the distinction of having introduced the modern flame thrower into world war I along with poison gas and incendiary bombs which
they also used first in that conflict. ~
Probably al readers have seen flame throwers in faction in the newsreels. As Maj). Gen, William N. Porter, chief of the chemical warfare service, points out, the flame thrower, when not in use, looks like a harmless gadet for spraying insecticide, In action, it is a glant blowtorch. waaay
Chief Use in Pacific
GEN, PORTER says that the flame thrower was used on occasion by American troops in the North African and European theaters of war, but that the has found its chief use in mopping-up opéra~ in the Pacific. he conditions of Jungle Renting make ii easy fu.
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champagne and a bottle of sparkling wine, not knowinp that the mailing of liquor back home was forbidden. She waited, expectantly. Finally, she got a phone call from the U. 8. customs office, saying they had the box but couldn't deliver it because ‘of the liquor. The man said he was sending her a &lip to sign, saying she was not responsible for the cham-
pagne being mailed. The man said the liquor would|
have to be destroyed. “Oh, that would be a crime,” Mrs.- Kwitney protested. The man just laughed. “Why, I'd rather you would drink it yourself than to throw that good champagne away,” she added. In due time, the slip arrived, was filled in and returned. And then came the-box. When she opened it, she found, carefully wrapped in straw matting the two bottles—both empty. She doesn’t know whether the customs employee really took her at her word, or Just sent her the empty bottles as a joke. Anyway, she’s keeping them as a souvenir. , . Richard Irmiter, 3301 E. 34th st. reports seeing a man walking on monument circle, carrying a toaster, and looking very happy about it. ‘Adding a bizarre touch was the fact there were two fresh pieces of untoasted white bread sticking out of the toaster.
What? No City Flag?
AFTER: EXTENSIVE research, Harry Calkins, the secretary to the mayor, is ready to take oath that Indianapolis does NOT have an official city flag. He was puzzled when he received a letter from a flag manufactiiring company asking the design of the Indianapolis flag. He never had heard of such a
“gepariment work -on the matter. They came forth with the in-
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1944
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By SHERLEY UHL
RALPH) F. (for Fesler) Gates is intent on meeting every-
body in Indiana BEFORE he bacomes governor, not
afterwards. : With thrashing dynamism, Mr.
Gates Hi the impression of try- °
ing to out-Schricker Schricker in a matter of a few months, whereas’
the present governor has had four state-wide intimacy,
wherever ‘and whenever
{t's possible, p:
years in which to sow the seeds of
“This sort of deliberate determination. to make personal contacts Mr. Gates’ hand-shaking
technique on a business-like, professional basis, the like of which prob-
ably has never been seen before in any
The Republican attempt to turn the tables on the Democrats by identifying the 'G. O. P. with the. Rights of the Common Man is a key psychological factor underlying the state campaign. ‘There is a powerful Republican strategy, successful in many cases, to type Democratic candidates as somewhat aloof and slightly theoristic. Repyblicans meanwhile cuddle close to hearth and soil. » " .
BUT TO get back to Mr. Gates, let's pick up the G. O. P. gubernatorial> nominee at a county crossroads in Howard county. There he's touring the county with County Sheriff Lew Stuart, Treasurer Ernest . M. Hunt and Auditor Walter H. Unversaw. Mr..Gates literally leaps out of the car before it pulls to a full stop, scoops a fistful of cards from his pocket and dashes up-to the nearest inhabitant. “I'm Ralph Gates, Republican candidate for governor,” he barks in he gruff voice. Then he
fans t JH a mina,
another direction before his new acquaintance has time to catch his breath, . : 8 no» BECAUSE MR. GATES, at a casual glance, appears to be wearing a perpetual scowl, it's somewhat startling to see his face break into a wreath of smiles, revealing the genuine warmth of his personality. Folks whom he approaches seem to be slightly apprehensive when he scoots up to them with’ that frown. But they soon flush with pleasure and _self-import-ance when they know they're shaking hands with the gubernatorial nominee. But not for long, because Mr, Gates doesn’t stick around.
_ “The secret of this campaigning :
CHINA'S PROBLEM— Stilwell Leaves Chiang Facing
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (U. PJ). -—Some American officials are convinced today that the dispute over conduct of the war in China will never be settled until Gen-
Cabinet Shakeup |
state campaign,
business,” puffs Ralph, 'yushing towards the Hemlock - general store with short, choppy steps, “is. to avoid conversation. . . Never let them begin to ask questions.. Once you do, you're stuck for hours.” ‘ 8 8 » THIS. OF COURSE, is slightly * disconcerting to the eounty candidates, who are wearing” their Sunday-besu ‘campaign conduct, eager to capitalize on this jaunt around their territory with so illustrious a personage, They tend to impede Mr. Gates.
He's usually, way ahead of ‘them
and quite often he’s flying out of an. ice-cream parlor just. when they're going in, this necessitating a sort of quarterback sneak to be off on bhis-own again. Neither does he like to be buttonholed by his numerous ' political acquaintances, But when he is, he gives them straight talk. He's not ~mealy-mouthed in any respect. Still in Hemlock, Mr. Gates Ea Sn AR SOR I NT SR chanic working on a motor: Before he can extend his card, a matter of seconds, the ri snaps, “Don’t make me mad by trying to give me a card.” This doesn’t faze Mr. Gates, who immediately introduces himself, minus the handshake, and hurries over to the “Hemlock precinct committeeman, Howard Eads, who informs him that the mechanic is “a New Dealer.” . 8 ON TO Greentown, Mr. Gates plunges into Walter Martin's tavern, ‘going right on down the line at the bar, pumping hands, handing out cards. When he reaches the rear, a sailor drinking beer grunts: “When you're running for office, everybody's your friend.” Mr, Gates tells the best rebuff story of all on himself.- In =
.himself to. one tippler as
Up Front With Mauldin
THE CANDIDATES You LL VOTE FOR AT Nov. 7 ELECTION — NO. 8
JA Hands All Over Indiana;
Ralph® F. Gates , . , Intent on meeting everybody.
Petersburg tavern he intraduced “your next governor.” “Not by my vote you ain't, by gosh,” the drinker scowled. But these rebukes are few. and far between. Extreme courtesy is unanimously extended by Democrats as well. as Republicans, although the former often regard the- gubernatorial nominee with tongue in cheek. \ n ” . MR. GATES definitely doesn't discriminate as to the establishments he visits. He takes on pool
sown he flitted through the Howard County News, a Democratic newspaper, showering the office with cards in the process. Then he pounced ‘upon the Greentown State bank, where he told the president, Frank George, that he intends to create a state banking commission, avowing extreme interest in bdnks “because I'm a director in two of them myself.” Before leaving Greentown, ‘he caught his breath at Rudle’s drug store, treating everybody there to -gokes and serving them himself, On the way back to Kokomo, Mr. Gates explained: “I have no apologies for my 25 years in the political game. . , . That's part of the goyernmental structure.” » " »
IN REPLY to a question he
shrugged: “What would I want
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek gets rid of Gen; ‘Ho Yiigsuitmin-
formation that Back fri June, 1911, the city council, \Ster OF war-anti-chief of staff of
on motion of Dr. William H. Johnson, appropriated $40 to have a flag designed—by Dr. Johnson. Tt was to consist of nine stars and a crescent on a field of blue. The nine stars were to represent the nine coun-
‘ciimen. But alack—the flag apparently never came to
pass. In January, 1015, Bernard ‘J. Keenan, then writing a treatise on flags, came here and looked high' and low for an Indianapolis flag, and finally left without having found a single trace of one. Just think—a city this size without a flag}
By David Dietz
use in that area. "Hidden by undergrowth or under cover. of a smoke screen, the soldier can creep up close enough to the enemy to make the short-ranged flame thrower effective. The army's portable flame thrower which spurts blazing fuel or jelled oil, was designed originally for use by the combat engineers. These are the members of the engineers” co who form the assault troops. Among their favorité weapons are large blocks of TNT which they use for blasting paths through barricades and entanglements of one sort or another. However, in the Pacific the engirieers have been
" kept so busy on construction jobs that the infantry
and the Marines took over the use of the flame throwers, Gen, Porter tells. :
Used On Guadalcanal
THE FIRST recorded use of the American flame thrower in world war IT was on Guadalcanal in Deceniber, 1042, Soldiers trained on the spot by officers of the chemical warfare service used the flame throw« ers to knock out Japanese pillboxes that had pre-|. viously . withstood bombardment from ships at sea, big guns on the island and aerial bombs from abo In the fight for the Munda airport, the flame throwers knocked out 67 subsurface installations of the Japanese, Gen. Porter reveals. The flame throwers have also been used at Tarawa and New Georgia. Anothér effective ground weapon developed by the chemical warfare service is the 4.2-inch chemical _mortar which fires both phosphorus snd high exwhich can alg be used for establishing stoke screens,
naval ; receive 40 French fliers, together with one or two other visitors, and finally have a young colonél and his wife to dine. “He has been in our
the Chinese army. That view is_also shared by many unofficial Chinese sources here. None contends that Gen. | ‘Ho is the only obstacle to har -| mony and unity; the political, economic and military factors are far more complex than that. Te eo. . BUT HO is ranked as a “major fly in the ointment,” as one source put it. And some American officials are hoping that President Roosevelt made it plain to Chiang ‘in the recent showdown over Gen. Joseph Stilwell's ‘recall that little in the reorganization of China's war effort can be accomplished while. Ho holds his present positions. The firing of Ho or “promoting” him out of his present posts would be a major cabinet and military. upheaval for Chiang. President Roosevelt -eenfirmed at his press conference late yesterday that Stilwell had been recalled at Chisng’s Fequest, “mn . MR. ROOSEVELT said ‘that Stilwell and Chiang had a falling out quite a long time ago, and that Stilwell’s recall was necessitated by the personal differences, He revealed at the same time that Clarence Gauss, U. B. ambassador to China, also was going to resign soon, but sald that it had nothing to do with Stilwell’s recall.
Darrell Berrigan, United Press
stafl correspondent recently returned from China, revealed that one of the three major American demands submitted to Chiang in mid « September was that he thoroughly reorganize
falls within that category, The Communists in North
| China, who. have been fighting
guerrilla warfare against the Japa~ nese, blame Ho for one of the serious military incidents between
United Press
Hungarian front,
situation in Yugoslavia fs well ia interference from the south eliminated. The possibility has been growing since the liberation of Belgrade and the infensified activities of Mar-
north«
{ complished, some 10 to 12 Me. Keene German djvi-
all of Hungary, and of Czechoslovakia,
As a result, a highly dangerous front would be created along the
. Austrian border and Cuechioslovakia usin Poiand, ih evil Ta » %
at least half
Ein Sey CU Ye. tet ee Whe we Aeon rr to make 'em run.”
Budapest Drive Increases Threat To S. E. Approaches of Germany By LOUIS F. KEEMLE THE RUSSIAN DRIVE on Budapest from three directions has increased the threat to the southeastern -approaches-to the German Reich which has been developing from operations on the Yugoslay-
The speed of the Soviet advance in Hungary indicates that the
liberation of Yugoslavia; probably. |
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| - tic: to “make” the district, with JAts checkered industrial popula-
-Kokomo station WKMO, Mr. . Gates retired for a brief siesta in.
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. due elsewhere the next noon.
with a campaign manager? “x know this business from top “to bottom. - I' probably wouldn't agree with a" campaign manager anyway.” On the South side of Kokomo (the Howard county seat), Sheriff Stuart thought it might be poli-
tion,
The entourage made a "bee-line :
for a. pool room wherein afternoon loungers were half-heart-edly trying their luck at the punch-bodrd.. There for the first time, Mr. Gates turned a cold shoulder when.-he passed up the boys in the: back room with a rfunctory nod. “The boys were absorbed in a nickel poker game and they didn’t reognize him. - Following. a radio address over
the Town room of the. Francis hotel, exchanging jokes with Glenn Hillis, G. O. P. _guberna-
torial nominee in 1940, and County
Chairman W. W..Dragoo. " “Four years 80 at this time, they called me ‘governor’, too,” Mr. Hillis recalled. “But it didn’t last.” s % =» : AT HIS BPEECH that night in the courthouse, Mr. Gates, beetfaced with oratorical tension, read from notes while pointing with pride, but ad libbed when he got around to flaying the New Deal. “People are more inter ested in criticism,” he explained lad
Th, y + AR bag an nee i RE Aa
by iS sloping led 2, County Clerk Robert Hamp who, after swinging the audience into a . rousing rendition of “Sweet Adeline,” remarked, “I'm substituting. . Somebody else was supposed to do this.” “Yes, but you like to do it yourself,” an elderly man down in front shagbed. . » MR. GATES catches much of Hin slonp $2 te FU B04 has 9 make-shift bed and pillow rigged up in the back seat. But, essentially a home-lover, he drives back Yo Columbia City whenever he has the chance. Once his chauffeur, Bill Bowser, had to drive him back home overnight all the way from Evansville, even though he was
“Home is the only place where I can, relax,” says, Mr. Gates.
Shortages Affect Name Brands of
Children's Garb
INDIANAPOLIS mothers will have to do a lot of shopping around, mending and laundering to keep their children warmly clad this ‘winter.
War Analyst
hand and the danger of German
lapse of the remainder of Hungary. Lane “Tie Hungarian army and people have no heart. for fighting further on behalf of Germany, The Germans hitherto have been -extemporizing their defense of their shattered Balkan posi« - tions, trying to delay the inevitable with what forces wers on hand and to hold Hungary in line after the loss of Romans and Bulge.
NOW THE Cries will have to recognize that the Balkan bulwark has vanished and the newfront will have to be met with energetic measures. The situation thus. created is
gy, Which is striking power blows simultaneously along the Baltic and the middle Danube. . . an THE GERMANS cannot afford to permit the Russians to walk in their back door through BohemiaMoravia, It, Shey ma this front _prop-
1 Customers are having to’ buy
an integral part of Soviet strate-
Prussia, the possibility of |
“No “longer 5 it possible Tor MAE: Smith to go into her favorite store
and order half a dozen suits of underwear for Susie, an assortment of eorduroys for Junior and “several” sleepers for Baby: Although not as acute as in many other large cities, there is a shortage of children’s clothing in Indianapolis. However, with the exception of some undergarments, the shortage here is mostly in name brands and in certain -. sizes. " . . ) SOME STORES are completely out of pajamas, panties, vests slips, or gowns of the size a custo desires, but this can be exp by the fact that allots merits come in only two or three sizes, instead of a run of sizes. A store's next allotment often will cover sizes missed in the previous shipment, Luckily the shortage of specific garments does not always hit each store at the same time. This week one store is completely out of baby vests while another has a good line; another
children’s gloves while the stock is fair in other stores, and stil another merchant is out of union suits in sizes 2 to 8, with the line | falr In competing shops, » » »
CHENILLE robes for school-age girls are out of the question, unless the store has some back stock, as the production of these has | been restricted by thé government.
woolen and quilted robes, which
extra care. - Boys’ corduroy overalls, one of the most popular garments for fall Land winter wear, are almost =» thing of the past, but mothers are solving. this problem by substituting rayon and woolen over« alls and pants,
OTHER garments on the shortage list are flannel sleepers, gowns, infants’ shoes, socks in sizes 6 to 8 or 8% and diapers, which are being sold in‘limited quantities to each customer, Cotton dresses, with the excep tion of the low-priced group, are plentiful and last year's shortage of sweaters, coats and other . woolen garments » no . longer noticeable. | Olerks and buyers do not belleve prices on children’s clothing have shown large increases. The material in garments of -a. set price is of poorer quality than before the war and as a result mothers go into a -Bigier pre
MORE WORK FOR MOM—
is practically out ef mittens und 1,
are more expensive and require ’
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“WASHINGTON, Nov, 1—The
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Tomoirew's Job dn But Why Wasn't This Done Before? By EDWARD A. EVANS _
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one point on which President ° Roosevelt got definite in his Chi« cago promise to encourage jobe creating private enterprise cone cerned the dep: tion rate on ; new Industrial “plants ‘and machinery for ‘-tax purposes. = - He brought that in “just as an aside” but a “pretty important” i" one, Business “men who exe
gyn plants and reMz. Evang place obsolete and worn-out -equipmént with new equipment, he said, should be allowed to depreciate these new facilities more rapidly, That would mean “more jobs, jobs for the - worker, increase® profits for the businessman and a lower cost to the consumer.” ” . ” “IT WOULD, indeed, mean these things. It is far from being the only encouragement that gove ernment should give to post-war expansion of industry and business; but it is a yastly Impoupans
his present mild enthusi-
‘Whether hi “wn for it would survive after a
We: the Women—— <7 Women Don't Need Excuse ao eS Ba ie For Spending By RUTH MILLETT : THE REASON women’s clothes this fall have what the fashion - writers describe as -“elegance” is that the sight of a luxuriously dressed woman is a great morale builder for warsweary veterans. No foolin' That is what women are being told. As if they needed any help from the fashion writ." ers in scheme ing up reasons s.for buying. clothes, s
89 WHEN THE war first start ed women rushed down to lay in substantial stocks of clothes, because, as they told their husbands with serious ‘faces, they were afraid rationing would find them without a thing to wear, Then they heard that wool was “going to be scarce—and they thought they ought to have “one good wool” dress in their closets,
Then they neded a housecoat, while they still had zzippers in them, And then they felt they had to use up their husbands’ un. used shoe coupons, because shoes might be rationed more stringently.
Ruth Millett
. » » ONCE in a while, too, they felt they just had to splurge on a new hat—for the good of their morale,
After all, hadn't they given up plans for 'a vacation trip, and weren't they all worn out from canning the produce from their
vigtory gardens? +
The fashion authorities need not have wracked their brains figure out why women ought. g0 In for elegance this fall, ” » » ”
LEFT on their own, the ladies - could have figured out an angle more impressive to their husbands than that the elegance of women’s fall‘ clothes would boost the morals of returning servicemen.
. Husbands given that line just tight get sarcastic enough to say, “I thought it was hamburgers and double chocolate sodas the boys . wanted to get home to."’ :
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pand their