Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1945 — Page 3

MONDAY. JAN: 2, 1045

‘SOVIETS IN REICH] _ ON BERLIN ROAD

Zhukov Plunges 4 Armored ‘Spearheads Into Brandenburg.

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the 2d White Russian army reached the Nazi border 125 miles northeast of the capital. It captured Wronki, only 89 miles southeast of Stettin, in a drive toward, the Baltic that threatened to slice off Danzig and northeastern merania. @ 1st Ukrainian army, on the southern flank, hammered through the suburbs of Breslau. It captured Guhrau, 41 miles to the northwest and 134 miles southeast of Berlin, Moscow confirmed Berlin reports that the Soviets had seized small bridgeheads across the Oder river north and south of burning Breslau, It was indicated, however, they were not yet large enough to pose a-defi-nite threat to the Silesian capital. 17th Day of Offensive Elsewhere -along the 800-mile Eastern front, the Soviets marked the 17th day of their winter offensive yesterday by: ONE—Clearing upper or southern Bilesia, source of two-fifths of Germany’s coal, four-fifths of her zinc and one-half her lead. Hundréds of arms factories, foundries, chemical works and other war plants, in addition to coal mines, were captured-—a body blow to the Nazi war effort. . TWO—Extending thelr hold on the east bank of the Oder river, Germany's: primary defense line in the east, to 140 miles. THREE—Driving to within three and a half miles of Konigsberg, capital "of encircled East Prussia. Berlin conceded that the Soviets had reached the “built-up area” of Konigsberg, to which the Germans were applying the. torch in pursuit _. of their scorched earth. policy. ' FOUR—Capturing thé encircled Baltic port of Memel after a threemonth siege, . Stockhokn dispatches quoted the Cologne newspaper, Kolnische Zeitung, as warning the German people that the "next eight days will decide the war.” “The End Is Near”

A neutral diplomat who had Just arrived in Stockholm from Berlin told the London Daily Mail that everyone he ‘knew was “convinced that the end is very near.” The London - Daily Herald reported from Basle that evacuated Berlin “no longer can be considered the capital of Germany.” Radio Moscow renewed its appeal to the German people to rise against Hitler. It told them that the Red army was “sweeping away all obstacles in its path to Berlin.” “Nothing can and nothing will stop them,” Moscow sald. “Only by rising against the Hitler ~ regime can you save yourselves from final destruction.”

BRADFORD RESIGNS AS COUNTY GOP HEAD

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fleld preparatory to buying his initial stocks. His successor was 11th district Republican chairman for two years prior, to last May.

Won't Quit Politics

In quitting the district chairman's post Mr. - Bradford said it was hot his intention to divorce himself altogether from politics. He pointed out that it's against party rules to engage in the liquor trade while holding an official political job. Mr. Bradford's resignation reportedly signals a general shake-up in the Republican state committee. The shuffle supposedly will result

| ‘when several district chairman and

“~“Btate Chalrman John Later step down after having accepted appointments in the Gates samigisiration.

| TRAIN DELAYED HOUR ‘FOR ROOSEVELT SON

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‘utes by the time it reached Chey.enne, Wyo., officials reported.

President's Son-in-Law :

Receives Merit Award WASHINGTON, Jan. 290 (U. P.). =-Lt. Col. John Boettiger, President | Roosevelt's son-in-law, was pre- | sented with the legion of merit to- | day for “exceptionally meritorious | conduct” in Ttaly from Sept. 9, 1943, | to Jan. 17, 1944, where he served as | executive officer with the allied | military government, - : “He voluntarily went ashore with i the first allied troops on the initial | landing on the Italian mainland, I and displayed coolness and execu- | tive ability in looking after allied military government personnel and | supplies under enemy fire,” his cltation said. lI The award was decided on In Italy by Lt. Gens Jacob L. Devers. | Ma). Gen. John H. Hilldring, director of the civil affairs division, made the presentation in a ceremony today at the war department, Where Boettiger is now stationed. Boettiger 1s the second husband of the President's daughter, Anna,

‘CONDUCTOR CRUSHED * '|ETWEEN COACHES

¥ SHINGTON, Ind, Jan. 20 (U. P) Jopas Harold Boes, 28, con--d 0 2 Hs Baltimore and Ohio

4 In Service

Carl Coffman Guy Coffman

Richard Coffman Ralph Coffman

Four sons of Mrs, Lena Coffman, 1626 Boyd ave., are serving with the armed forces. Carl is a private first class with a signal squadron in Italy, Guy, a private first class with an auto weapons battalion in Belgium, Ralph, a private at an infantry replacement training center in Arkansas, and Richard, a sergeant stationed in Maine. Carl is the husband of Mrs. Rita Coffmon, Greenville, Tex, Richard's wife, Nola, resides at 2852 N. Tacoma ave.

FIVE HURT ON IGE; MORE COLD IS DUE

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7:30 a. m. today and at Ft. Wayne the low was 13 Five local persons were injured in falls on’the ice this week-end. Three Saturday Mary Mellon, 30, of 231 E. 62d «t., fell at Illinois and Market sts. yesterday and broke her ankle. She was treated at Methodist hospital and taken home. While getting off a streetcar at Emerson ave. and Washington st. yesterday, Nellie Hawkins, 68, of 38 S. State ave,

slipped on the ice and injured her|

knee. 2 In falls Saturday Mrs. Beulah Harris, 58, of 6323 Carrollton ave., fractured her wrist when she slipped on the ice at New York and

| New Jersey sts. Lucille Turner, 31,

of 328 W. 10th st., fractured her ankle in a fall ‘at 807 W. 9th st. She was taken to City hospital. While skating at Lake Sullivan Saturday, 6-year-old Frances Jo Seraphjne fell on the ice and injured her ankle. She was home at 763 N. Riley ave.

Eyewitness: 'I Escaped Manila’

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rice and, the people have been dependent entirely on a trickle of smuggled rice. The soldiers slap and maltreat Smugglers. 3 : x 8 I LEFT Manila late in December after bringing in a little rice to help some of my friends. The children then were roaming the streets for their food. They were living on scraps gleaned from garbage cans, Cats and dogs already had been eaten. The only restriction the ‘government put on their sale was that restaurants which sold these dishes had to mark them plainly for what they were. s » »

MANY of the men, women and children hopelessly searching for food had festering sores on their bodies, but there were no medicines of any kind to be had. Before the inflation reached its height and before the American landing made the Japanese pesos utterly worthless, a single tablet of sulfathiozole sold for 120 pesos. This was $60.at pre-war rates. A drop of iodine cost 30 pesos. : ¥ n=

EVEN . BEFORE the Japanese banned rice imports, the average Filipinos pay would buy only, one meal. Wages were set at a minimum of 100 pesos a month, which became the practical maximum, Clothing, furniture and all personal possessions were sold for food. If families didn’t bury their dead naked the graves would be robbed and the clothing sold. The xesult was a flourishing “buy and sell” racket in which many unscrupulous Manilians became rich—rich in now worthless Japanese currency. ® & = EARLY last year, the Japanesecontrolled government decided to - permit each family in Manila to buy enough rice for a year, on the basis of 240 grams (almost 81% ounces) per person per day. But only the wealthiest could afford to buy-up such quantities. When the harvest began to come in’ last. November there was hope for relief. But the Japanese promptly cut -off Manila’s supplies in order to assure ade- : quate stocks for their army.

FDR MESSAGE DUE AT DINNER FOR WALLACE

NEW YORK, Jan. 290 (U. P.).— The Union for ‘Democratic. Action said today that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will refid a message from President Roosevelt at the U. D. A .dinner honoring Henry A. Wallace

who nomination to the secretary-|

ship of the commerce department is now under fire in the senate. Wallace will speak on the subject, “Unity.” Other speakers will

of the snow-bound front.

“division,

YANKS PLUNGE AHEAD IN SNOW

1st Army Plows to Border Area Against Light - Resistance.

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offénsive or actually the beginning of one, Sertorius said the possibility of a ney drive by the British 2d army and major attempts to force the lower Roer river “must be reckoned with.” An uneasy lull gripped the rest British 2d army forces to the north cleared out scattered nests of resistance in the Sittard corner on the DutchGerman frontier, They deployed along the west bank of the Roer river in considerable strength. To the south in Alsace, the U. S. Tth army ines remained virtually unchanged.

French Punch Ahead

Meanwhile the French 1st army's limited offensive against the Colmar pocket carved out small gains in spite of bad weather and stiffening enemy opposition, Reconnaissance revealed that the

|great German exodus from the Sieg-

fried works Yo the east had been halted abruptly. Apparently the reasons. were: 1. Thundering allied air attacks. 2. Nazi nervousness over the prospect of an imminent grand-scale offensive co-ordinated with the Red army drive. (German propaganda broadcasts said the allies are preparing a “super-offensive” in the West, (The Nazis suggested the British 2d and American 9th army fronts on the Roer, opposite the Cologne plain, as probable focal points of the coming attack.) The sprawling network of-enemy railroad yards in the Ruhr and Rhineland wags. reported one: vast bottleneck © of stalled troop and supply traing, ° Fliers Pound Area

American and British fliers pounded the entire area mercilessly yesterday. - Flying Fortresses and Liberators today struck another heavy air blow at western Germany, raising the total of allied heavy bombers over Germany in the last 24 hours to more than 3000. More than .1150 ¥ortresses and Liberators with an escort of more than 700 Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters carried out today’s daylight operation. They followed up a night attack by nearly 1000 R. A. F. bombers on Stuttgart and Berlin and a day-

light attack yesterday by American |,

planes in which about 1000 heavies participated. Today's targets were six railroad yards and the big | Nazi tank works at Kassel.

3d Pushes Ahead

Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3d army, advancing abreast of the 1st meanwhile, swung in against the Siegfried forts on a front“of almost 20 miles. It extended from just south of St, Vith down to the Vianden area of central Luxembourg. Patton carved out gains of a mile "or more. He cleared the Nazis from a half-dozen towns 2 to two miles west of ‘the Our river marking the frontier between Germany and Luxembourg.

. boy or girl.

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they care much Whelner it is a

: iT Ee 7 “AFTER so many, it doesn't make a great deal of difference,” Mrs. Nicholson said. “But what if it should be twins?” asked Beverly. Mrs. Nicholson sighed, “I hope not. But if we should have twins, we'd do everything we could to take care of them.” “Secretly, I'm wishing twins on my sister,” Mrs. Ray Wood, in-In-dianapolis (1147 Fletcher. ave.). ou s 8 “I'VE HEARD that twins run every third generation. Well, I'm that generation and have been afraid all along,” she said. “But it isn't the mad house most. people would believe,” Mr. Nicholson said. “In fact we would feel lost without a large family. I am one of 13 children, and my wife one of four,” “It's all.a matter of organization,” Mrs. Nicholson said, » 2 ” AND THE FACT that the children went about their home tasks during the interview bore out the statement. “Our house isn’t grand, but it is all we could afford that would fall within our budget. You see

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sented to the senate with a notation of committee action, either favorable or unfavorable, but without other comment, Asked about his unusual procedure, Bailey said: “It's an unusual nominatjon.” Meanwhile, Rep, Clare E. Hoffman (R. : Mich.) said President

| Roosevelt's dismissal of Jones “to

make available a highly important public office as a reward for political work is a sorry, sordid’ example to plate before American youth.” Hoffman, in a 'speech prepared for deitvery on the house floor, also questioned the legality of Wallace's nomination, Hoffman urged that “a searching investigation” be made to determine if Mr. Roosevelt might have violated a statute prohibiting “any candidate to directly or indirectly promise or pledge the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public . . . position in return for political sup-

: THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES - Young Couple's Large Family Rare in Complex Modern Life

ort. The twin reports from Bailey's committee will present to the senate the first top-flight political enigma of 1945, ‘Wallace's opponents, both Repub« lican' and Democratic, believed they had the strength to deny him the commerce job,, with or without the multibillion-dollar lending authority. But in so doing they believed they might create for him an underdog role which he might eventually turn to political advantage. That possibility troubled senate Republicans as they met in party conference’ this morning. It likewise was on the minds of

senate Democrats who see in Wal-

lace a powerful contender for their party's presidential nomination in

Other American forces clung to|jg4g

their small foothold inside German soil 12 to 15 miles southeast of Luxembourg City. They repulsed a small-scale counter-attack around Sinz village. Saturday night a band of 17 drunken Germans charged the American lines near Rimling, nine miles east of Sarreguemines. Five were killed and the survivors staggered back to their own lines. Meanwhile; U.S: 9th air force headquarters announced that its fliers destroyed or damaged more than 6000 pieces of German equipment in the week ended Saturday. This included 2254 motor vehicles and 121 tanks and armored cars destroyed at a cost of 18 fighterbombers.

MRS. NELLIE WILSON 80, DIES TODAY HERE

Mrs, Nellie M. Wilson, 4172 Carrollton ave., died today at her home. She was 80,

Born in Battle Creek, Mich., she|

was the widow of the late Dr. A. L. Wilson, She was a member of the Meridiag Street Methodist church and ‘a charter member of the Women's Research club,

During world war I Mrs. Wilson]

was very active in Red Cross work at Ft. Harrison and received a citation from the Red Cross for her activities. In the early days of the Methodist hospital she worked with her husband in securing comfortable living quarters for nurses. Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Henry L. Rivers, Greenville, N, C.; Mrs. G. Ross S8Swickard, Detroit, Mich.;: Mrs, Ned Barker, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Charles Mock, Zanesville, O.; two sons, Wilbur of | Mattoon, Ill, and John of Chicago; | Ke: 11 grandchildren #nd two great~ | grandchildren.

MRS. LURAL PULLEN

DIES AT HOME HERE|}

Mrs. Lural G. Pullen, wife of the{. late John Pullen, died yesterday in her home, 260 Berkeley rd. She was

Private services will be conducted by the Rey. Virgil Ragan at 4 p. m. tomorrow in Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. ‘Cremation will follow,

""Wallace’s Views

Friends of Wallace already have let it be known that he is prepared, if necessary, to accept what might be termed a martyrs role if he suffers a setback in the senate. A source close to the former Vice President said that Wallace was ‘undismayed” by the fact that the senate commerce committee had delivered him a double blow. Nor was he said to be perturbed by the fact that unofficial polls indicated “the senate was ready to reject his nomination and perhaps take out of the commerce department its vast lending authority.

Sh the Big Three conference.

our food bill runs between $80 and $100 a month,” She said. James and Roger brought in coal for fhe living room stove while the two older girls set the supper table. | SE Be “THEY ARE good children” their mother said. “They never argue about their tasks. The boys take care of the coal, ashes, walks and lawn while the older girls | help around the house.” Life’ in the Nicholson home | begins at six in the morning. Mr. Nicholson has to be at work at 7 a. m. in the Chambers corporation, a war plant. He is a riveter. Then the young ones get up. The older three get off to school, but that leaves four. ” " “

MOST mothers have their hands full with one youngster around the house. Yet somehow Mrs. Nicholson more than manages to keep up the house, care for the children and do a “little sewing,” as.she | puts it, That little sewing consists of all the girls” clothed, the boys’ play clothes and all her own clothes. “Then there are the meals to get and finally at night the children to put to bed. That's about 8:30. “After that, Charles and I have a little time to ourselves.”

Fight Over Wallace Put Off "As Bailey Holds Up Report

Wallace would like to use the lending agencies in promoting what he would call a common man’s economic bill of rights. This informant pictured Wallace as being prepared, if he ds rebuffed, to take his case to the electorate through speeches and writings. There is no question but that the Congress of Industrial Organizations and other liberal groups would be glad to provide their champion with all the forums at their disposal.

As Wallace Sees It :

Wallace was said to feel that the issue — his own liberal ‘economic views against the conservatism of his senate opponents -— has been nicely drawn in the week since his nominition was sent to the senate by President Roosevelt as a political reward.

Roosevelt Reported

En Route to Rome

ZURICH, Jan. 29 (U. P.).—The Basler Nachrichten today said that it was persistently rumored that President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius are en route to Europe with a large staff It said the conference was scheduled

| peture Feb. 1 and probably would

'be held in Rome.

| Byrnes Also Absent From Washington

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (U. P.).— War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes is out of the country, it may now be revealed. Security, however, prohibits any discussion of the nature of his trip.

RITES SET FOR BOY VICTIM OF PAL’S SHOT

PT. WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 29 (U. P.) —Funeral services will be held tomorrow for 9-year-old Kenneth Schilling, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kennegh W. Schilling, who was. killed late Saturday by a playmate, James McGuire, 9, who accidentally discharged the shotgun the boys were playing with. The bullet entered Kenneth’s mouth. When James saw his friend dall, he picked up his body and carried him out of the kitchen of the McGuire home into the backyard, the police said. Kenneth died within the hour in a hospital.

EVENTS TODAY

Presbyterian Young People of Indianapolis, midwinter conference, Memorial PresbyLerian church. Indiana State Bottlers Protective Association, convention, Severin hotel. Community fund, anniver-

Indianapolis Indianapolis Athletic

sary meeting, club,

EVENTS TOMORROW

Presbyterian Young People of Indianapolis, -midwinter conference, Memorial Presbyterian church Indiana State Bottlers Fiojeet ise sssociation, convention, Severin hi Indiana Federation oe Cubs, RL idwinter meeting, Claypool hote Ice-O-Rama, city Ate on department carnival, Coliseum Indiana Retail adware association, convention, Lincoln hotel. Indianapol®s ¥ Men's club, International, meeting, Central ¥Y.M.C. A, 12: 15 p. m.

_ BIRTHS Twins Merle, Martha Montgomery, at St, Francis, boy and girl, Girls ames, Virginia Brockman ab St. Francis. ps ine

Farmer, at City . h Dalitn. 4 at Coleman.

y, at Coleman, .. at Methodist. Thuts sii Vginia n Cassetty, at Methodist. John, Virginia Coffin, at Methodist. Dale, Inez uise cox x Methodist. Merle, Marguerite , at Method Rranets, De ta P

Howa rd. Mabel rgin in] Bont

Eugene, 1 Norman, Frances W. aaeph, Ary Byers, at 3 . Vincent's. Dexter, Nell Patrick, at Bt. Vincent's,

Boys Jack, Beatrice Ford, : at uy. Queer iid os, mh Coie e ly 08, & eman, Buford, Lois England, at Coleman. Jerome, Marietta Holman, at Goleman. " at Solem

SUMATRA RAID REPORTED Fhe _Japanese-controlled Singa-

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Vernon, Eva Lyday, at Emha Raymond, Hazel Phillips, at REL

DEATHS

Otho Holland Hanson, 67, at 935 Albany, carcinoma. Judith Williamson, 4 mo., at City, in. testinal obstruction. William Van CleéaVe, 87, at St. Vincent's, arteriosclerosis. Helen G. Hampton, 24, at City, sarcoma, Nellie Brannon Holloway, at 353 8. Downey, cerebral hemorrhage.

side Pkwy. acute dilatation of heart Virginia Heckathorn,” 3 mo., at Riley, tracheo bronchitis. Hina Poland, 21, at City, miliary tubegculosis. Hardy W, Burns, 79, at 1701% Commerce, cerebral hemorrhage. Allen leon, 83, at 403 Agnes, cardio

Jonn Bertrand Wofley, 67, at 4702 Corhelius; chronic myocarditis, Tedwin Meneley, 71, at City, arteriosclero-

Misaret D. Gillon, 59, at Methodist, pulmonary embolus, Leonard L. Young, 45,

Leon "Staples, 64, at Methodist, ’ aftipoms.

127 EB. Bever Alfred Theodore Kiibiiid Son N Dela-

Yate; Janet Malcom Sinclair, S636 Totem

lane, Galey Earl Gordon, 810 NN: Doran; Mary M. Gordon, 3411 N. Capito Howard H, mper, U, Avi Mary Pauline Pressley, 1318 8. Starting. Douglas William Blank, 1224 E. Kelly; Catherine Theresa Brady, 2347 Linden. a aa, | 569 N. Lynn; Lola Coburn James J. Laudermilt, U, 8. navy; Floriene ne.

at, Veterans,

‘Zambales mountains, Japanese would be completely isolated from the -rest of their Luzon | garrison.

[cleared out one strong mortar and

{tion of highways three and 11,

Henry George Blume, 77, at 3419 Brook- |:

AP DEFENSES SPLIT Hopkins Delivers FDR's Nofes

33 MI. FROM MANILA

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In Advance of ‘Big 3 Meeting

dents “hat the security ban was designed to protect rsons other ich will come before the than yo ra corre ndents in London were allowed | He brought a similar message to rete vaguely to the presence of |DeGaulle and possibly has one for, High American person but gers Heaviest fighting centered around | Marshal Stalin. not permitted to identify him.’ Ft. Stotesenburg, 16 miles: north-, First Censorship Mixup British authorities said they had west of San Fernando, , tdi .__ ino objection to the publication of The fact that ins ‘is touri Mlinois national guardsmen, al={_ . ‘ocv ‘ha Hop ™ | news about Hopkins but that they, though™ heavily outnumbered, | Eurcpe was revealed after the firstiwere complying with the request’ important censorship mixup con- of the American embassy. |cerning the ® Big. Three conference. The secrecy ban was broken last? night when radio Paris announced Fehran was marked by. simildr | 7 i had arrived Sere. . A kins told corresponden e tall congo grass to cremate the re- mixups as have virtually all the | op maining enemy, conferences of Mr. Roosevelt and Olanned to visit France and Italy Far to the north, New England-| Churchill. |efore the Big Three meet. He ers of the 41st infantry div ision | Hopkins’ visit was supposed to be| said he might get to Moscow before

machine gun nest in that area yes- | | terday. The Yanks finally set fire to the

:| won the bitterly contested town of a big secret because some unnamed |‘he conference if he hed time, but

Rosario after two weeks of hard security authorities thought his oointed out that flying te Moscow: fighting# travels might prejudice the security was difficult in winter months. They fanned out two miles east of high personages. He said thé Russians were aware to throw a road block across the Hopkins himself told correspon-| of his trip. highway leading to the Philippines | = _ pi T summer capital of Gaguio, 13 miles! signal corps, ordnance and tech-| raids on Tokyo, starting at least one to the northeast. nical supplies fire. 4 The capture of Rosario gave the . . o. d Tokyo also reported a " small Americans a solid 15-mile line ex- | number of enemy planes” had ‘ending from Damortis on the coast {raided Hachijo in the Izu group, westward to “Camp 1” at the June. Superforts Bomb {200 miles south of the Japanese nd

capital and 500 miles north of Iwo, Stepping Stone Isles

for the first” time at about 3:40 identified elements of nine Japa- ADVANCED PACIFIC HEAD-

a. m. today (Tokyo time). Single B-29s dropped incendiary nese divisions in action oh Luzon. | QUARTERS, Jan. 29 (U, P..— hombs on Tokyo at 9:57 p. m. yes It reported that the Japanese Superfortresses bombed the Japa-| terday and 1:03 a. m. today (Tokya ave et JAR: Hines the begin- nese stepping stone island of Iwo time), Japanese broadcasts said. It added that “tremendous” de- today and enemy broadcasts said

“Practically no damage other than pots of Japanese quartermaster,ilone B-29s made two more nuisance

were captured at

outh to the Pozorrubip area. A headquarters communique

a small fire started in a certain section” resulted, Tokyo sald.

ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY)

STRAUSS SAYS — IT'S

THE ARMED SERVICES

(ARMY and NAVY)

find The Man's Store's Military Shop-a source of a Croat deal of satisfaction.

The stocks, although in ‘a "fluid state''-are, generally speaking, quite comprehensive.

The services are informed-and surrounded with every facility and courtesy.

Military Shop, Third Floor

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