Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1947 — Page 13
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WHEREAS en a curious fellow and vi © 1
“wanted to find out all about proclamations of the
state of Indiana, yesterday I tramped in the office of the executive secretary to the governor, Ruel W, Steele. " I was in luck. Mr. Steele was just beginning work on a first class proclamation. He had the request and some facts on his desk but ‘that wasn't enough. Some checking and additional information would be needed. ; “We seldom get all the information on these things,” said Mr. Steele as he dialed a number, A long conversation followed, Something was wrong but I didn’t give up hope. Neither dig Mr, Steele. Two more phone calls were made, notes were taken and finally Mr. Steele hung up. : “Well, that ends the proclamation. I'm glad I checked before I started dictating,” the secretary said,
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AS A TAXPAYER I was glad, too, because after the dictation a typist would make four copies of the
“proclamation, the governor would sign them, after which the copies would be sent to the secretary*of
state for his signature and then the original would
be pasted in the “Records of Proclamation” book, one
would be sent to the sponsor, another would be filed with the secretary of the state and the last would be copied for release to the newspapers
ALMOST IN THE BOOK—Ruel W. Steele, executive secretary,. closes his record book and scratches a proclamation,
‘Poor’ John D.
WASHINGTON, April 15—Pity John D. Rockefeller Jr., stymied for nearly 20 years by some hungry elk in efforts to be a generous Joe. Poor Johni D. Those elk, plus some moose, trumpeter swans, beavers, bears, and congressmen, are
“making him poorer by the minute. His is a sad
story, no matter whose side you take, and I guess it is 8 good thing he's one of America’s wealthiest men. Back in 1928, long before there was a United Nations for him to give New York real estate, young John D. dropped out to the Jackson hole district of Wyoming. He was perturbed by the hot dog stands marring the scenery next door to the Grand Teton pational park. So he spent $1,400,310.04 for 32,117 acres of land to give the people as a public playground. Nineteen
‘years have passed and John D. still is trying to hand
his park to the government. He's been paying taxes on it all this time—almost $500,000 so far-—and his chances of making his gift to his fellow citizens grow bleaker with each passing day. :
.Would Abolish Idea
REP. FRANK A. BARRETT of Wyoming said the people of Wyoming do not appreciate his generosity. Neither do the elk. As of now Rep. Barrett has before: the public lands committee a bill to abolish the whole idea of a Jackson Hole national monument. There is such a monument now, consisting of 221,810 acres, established by President Roosevelt in 1943 and theoretically including the Rockefeller acres. The lawmakers tried to abolish the monument in 1944, put Mr. Roosevelt vetoed that idea. Since then, as Rep. Barrett explained, congress has included in every appropriation bill a paragraph pro-
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Movie Lot Gossip
.Hoagy Carmichael ‘Day
FLIPPING THE PAGES I found “Marine" Corps |.
* Nov. 23—To all to whom these presents may come—
_ about this proclamation with or without the whereas,
Bins
HOLLYWOOD, April 15.—Hollywood is full of practical jokesters, but Norma Shearer's rib at the expense of Ralph Morgan is still a classic. Ralph came out to Hollywood from New York to make his film debut with Norma and Clark Gable in * ‘Strange Interlude.” The first’ day on the lot they said they wanted to test Ralph's volcer—1é: was taken to &
“sound Stage filed with "electricians, prog men; “sound
and cameramen. They led him to a microphone and told him to say with different intonations, “What am I doing here?” Ralph stasted: “What AM I doing here? What am I doing HERE? What am I, DOING here? WHAT am I doing here?” Suddenly Norma Shearer's voice came from the sound booth. “Ralph,
, you're Just making a darn fool of yourself as far as I
can see.”
Demands Pro Performance
"DIRECTOR OTTO PREMINGER had some “diffi culty’ in ‘teaching Linda. Darnell the fine points of murder for a strangling scene in “Amber.” “Why are you so particular?” asked Linda. “Well,” said Otto, ducking, “you wouldn't want some fan who is a muygderer writing in to complain that your technique was amateurish, would you?” Leave it to the younger generatioh:. “Red Skelton was driving down Sunset.in one of those fancy new station wagons when a “hot rod”- pulled, up beside him ‘at a stop signal. “Hey,” yelled the teen-age driver, “when are you going to take that car out of its crate?”
We, the Women
Mr. Steele closed the proclamation book and handed it to me. “Look it over if it will be of any help to you, Now I've ‘got to see what the governor wants.” Quite a book. I flipped it open at random and the first proclamation that hit me in thd face was “The Egg and You Week.” Mayhe you've heard about it but if you haven't it began the week of April 6th. ‘I read: “To"all to whom these presents may come, greetings— “Whereas, the egg has long been a symbol of the Easter season, and—Whereas, eggs are recognized as among the most nutritious foods available to mankind, coming sealed in a geérm-proof package, and— Whereas—." That's enough for “The Egg and You Week.” . . : : Mr. Steele returned with a batch of papers so I asked him how come the egg business got into the form of a proclamation, The idea behind proclamations, the secretary explained is to give recognition to events that are national in scope and which will tend to arouse some degree of dignity and thought from the citizens, As an example he cited the “World Fellowship Week.” “The egg proclamation is all right really because.it was Easter angd Marjorie Main was in the city and besides that the governor had to read something at the breakfast in honor of Miss Main,” said Mr, Steele. From the first of the year, Mr. Steele has drawn up 20 proclamations, which if they continue at the present rate, will beat last year's record number of 67
“Coming back to the World Fellowship proclamation,” said Mr. Steele, “you know it was picked as the outstanding proclamation in the United States for wording, and thought in 1946.” Nice going with the whereas, Mr. Steele.
Day in Indiana,” “Good Neighbor Day,” “Conservation Pledge Day,” “American Brotherhood Week,” “Purple Heart Day ir Indiana,” “Save Your Vision Week,” “National Apple Week,” and hello—hello— Hoagy Carmichael. . “Hoagy Carmichael Stardust Road Day—Saturday,
greetings: Whereas, the state of Indiana has long been noted for her eminence in the worlds of music, art, and literature, and—Whereas, Hoagy Carmichael, one of Indiana’s most illustrious sons, has brought her nationwide fame for his musical compositions, and— Whereas, Hoagy Carmichael is returning to the state of his birth—." Anyway, whereas Hoagy had his day in Indiana. An overall estimate of proclamations reveals some pretty good ideas. Take the proclamation for the week of April 14th to the 22d—“Indiana Soil Conservation Week: Whereas, Indiana's greatest heritage is its fertile soil—upon its care depend the prosperity and happiness of its citizens in the years ahead—.” It would be well for every good Hoosier to think
By Frederick C. Othman
hibiting the national park service from spending a dime on Jackson hole. It would cost more than 10 cents to file the papers to take over the Rockefeller land; hence it hasn't been taken. Hence he’s still paying taxes. This is where those elk come in. As of now there are 16,000 of these mighty beasts in Jackson hole and every fall the nimrods, including Rep. Barrett, shoot about 3500 of them when they come’ down from the mountains, This is good sport, the congressmen shouted, and it's also good for the elk, These animals know nothing about birth control They're not exactly like guinea pigs, but durn near. If the park service ever puts in its no-hunting rules at Jackson hole, there will be so many elk there won't be room for people. ‘
More Will Starve
“AND WE CAN'T feed more than 16,000 elk in their refuge in the winter,” Rep. Barrett said. “If we're not allowed to shoot 3500 elk each fall, more than that will starve. “So what is the solution of the national park service? They would install an elk slaughter house to keep the herd under control.” This idea, he said, is an insult to the nimrods of Wyoming. It is an insult to the elk. The citizens won't stand for it. Rep. Barrett predicted there's be trouble whenever it became illegal to shoat an elk at Jackson hole. “Plenty trouble,” he said. I hate to relay the sorry news to Rockefeller Center, but Mr. Barrett's bill is almost sure to become law, leaving John D. stuck indefinitely with his present to the nation. :
rage
By Erskine Johnson
Movie trick of the week: 'A special contraption built to make two-hump camels into thé oneée-hump dromedary for a scene in “Allantis. ” Isn't anything in Hollywood real? Paul Henreid’s $100,000 Vienna estate, confiscated by the Nazis, will soon be restored to him. Henreid
medical history,
man calls it, The development of surgery of the thyroid gland is one of the great chapters in the history of medicine.
condition.
in foodstuffs is concentrated in the
> |—Senator John L. McClellan (D,
The Indi
SECOND SECTION
Toric Goite Can Be Aided With Drugs
Surgery No Longer Is Necessary
By DAVID DIETZ ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, April 15, —The announcement here at the annual convention of the American Chemical society of the successful treatment of ‘toxic goiter with new drugs res a major triumph for modern medicine. It's the passage of an important milestone in
Millions of . persons - throughout the world suffer from toxic goiter, or hyperthyroidism as the medical
Until now, surgery has been the only treatment of this
2 Lobes of" Tissue The thyroid gland consists of two lobes of tissue, one on either side of the windpipe, connected together by a strip that runs in front of the windpipe. The gland, therefore, has the shape of a letter “YH.” In ancient times it was thought that the function of the gland was to give shape to the neck but it is now known that it is one of the most important glands in the body.
Almost all the iodine contained
thyroid gland. From it the gland manufacturers a powerful chemical substance known as thyroxine. Circulating in the blood, this hormone controls the rate at which the human machine operates. It controls the basal metabolism, the rate at which® the tissues burn up oxygen and convert food into energy.
In. toxic goiter something goes wrong with the thyroid gland so that it ‘works too hard and pours too much thyroxine into the bloodstream. There are also alterations in the nature of the thyroxine.
Body’s Engine Races
As a result, the body engine races. The metabolism becomes too rapid, the heart beats too fast, the blood pressure rises. The victim develops muscular tremor and shaky nerves. The eyes become staring and bulging and acutally push forward in their sockets as though they were going to pop out of the head. Up to now, the only treatment for this condition has been surgical removal of the thyroid. Now, however, surgery, always dangerous at its very best, .can be replaced in many cases by drugs, Dr. Thomas Hodge McGavack, professor of clinical medicine in the New York Medical college, told the American Chemical society. . Three drugs have been tested at the college, he said. They are known as thoiuracil, methylthiouracil and propythiouracil. Dr. McGavack reported that in practically every case, the use of the drugs eliminated ’all the symptoms of the disease, including the popping eyes. In more than 50 per cent of the cases, tredtment with the drug was subsequently discontinued without any return of the symptoms.
Tiso. to Be Hanged BRATISLAVA, Czechoslovakia, April 15 (U, P.).—Father Josef Tiso, former president of the Naziinspired “Republic of Slovakia,” was sentenced today to be hanged by the Slovak national court, He was charged with treason.
Ask Exemption Hike WASHINGTON, April 5 (U. PJ). Ark.), today introduced an amend-
ment that would increase income tax exemptions to $750 for a single
his catch which he claims will set
Bedford.
FISH STORY—Milo Marchetti, Bedford fisherman, shows off
He caught the fish, weighing eight pounds and four ounces and measuring 24 inches, at Greenwood lake, Crane Naval depot, near
the record for bass this season.
By ROBERT
turkeys.
“I've ‘seen most of the beauties who were in the limelight after 1912, and they just weren't in it with the women of today. They couldn't even compare with the average lovely woman that you see on the street. They didn’t have the advantages of good make-up, excellent hairdressers, and they didn’t have the class.”
‘Antimated . Piano’
Miss Russell, Mr. Coleman said, staring moodily into his Scotch, sometimes reminded him of an animated piano. “She used to come to hear me play and a man followed her around with a tiny chair. Whenever she wished to sit — plop — down she went,” he explained. ,As for Anna Held, the Ziegfeld star, Mr. Coleman believes that she was built up almost entirely by
Society Orchestra Leader Debunks Old Beauty Myths
Says Lillian Russell, Anna Held Not To Be Compared With Modern Lovelies
United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 15.—Modern women, Emil Coleman’ said, make such old-time pin-up girls asglillian Russell and Anna Held look like
“I hate to disilllusion anyone,” Mr. Coleman said, at the Waldorf-
Astoria’s Wedgwood room where tonight he celebrates 30 years as a society orchestra leader, “but it's the truth.
Wait McConnell
RICHARDS
Autopsy Tests
Local Expert Seeks - To Fix Death Cause
Authorities today sought to determine the cause of the death of Mrs. Mayme McConnell, 58-year-old Dupont invalid, who died in a Madison hospital yesterday. Investigations were scheduled here following an autopsy by Dr. Amos Michael, local pathologist. Mrs. McConnell’s death yesterday came only three days after her former . nurse was acquitted of a
milk baths and similar propaganda. “She wasn’t beautiful at all,” he said. “In fact, she was quite plain. The most beautiful girl that Ziggy ever had was ‘a brunette in the chorus. Her name was Dolores.” Diamond ‘Jim Brady was another big name who slightly disappointed Mr. Coleman. “When ‘I knew him,” Emil said, “he had a silver stomach, or so they claimed, and he couldn't eat or drink. He just sipped some mineral water.” But Diamond Jim always came to the Coleman dances with two girls. “He ‘danced continually,” Mr, Coleman said. “When one girl tired, he put her down and grabbed the other.” The tango was Jim Brady's great weakness, He just couldn’t sit still while they played a tango. Then, ip 1914, there was the shy, dark young man who worked in the same cafe with Emil." He was paid $7 a week. - “He was Rudolph Valentino,” Mr. Coleman explained. “In those days he always sat, moody and tense, by himself in-a corner. “A woman patron would enter and the manager would clap his haneg Valentino must jump up and dance with her.”
person and $1500 for a family head.
Mr. ; Coleman sipped his Scotch,
charge of attempting to kill her with mercury poison. Mrs. Lottie Lockman was found “not guilty” by an all-male jury last Friday. She was accused of putting mercury poison in food prepared for Mrs. McConnell. During her trial, State Toxicologist R. N. Harger testified that mercury had been found in Mrs. McConnell’s body fluids. Mrs. Lockman previously was charged with murder in the death of Mrs. Minnie McConnell, mother-in-law of Mayme, who died while in ner care several years ago. The charge was dropped, however, when investigations failed to prove nature of her death. , The elder Mrs. McConnell was one ‘of five elderly persons who died while under the care of the “Good Samaritan” of Dupont. Jefferson County Prosecutor Wallace A. Robertson said he would
tion in Minnie McConnell’s death. He said new information had been obtained since her - body was ex humed last fall.
s
seek a new grand jury investiga-
Hote Medical Bill 500,000 Persons to
Self-Defense
Havana Hotel Owner Aids Mee's Slayer HAVANA, April 15 (U. P).— Patricia Schmidt, sultry brunet dancer known professionally as
Satira, will enter ‘a self-defense
plea when fermally charged with the fatal shooting of John Lester Mee, Chicago attorney, aboard his yacht, her attorney said today. Rene 8. Castelanos, an Americaneducated Cuban attorney provided for Miss Schmidt by a millionaire hotel owner friend, said he expected a formal homicide charge against her would be entered today. He believed she would be held without bail.
shot
threatened to kill her.
and wife since January. Father Asks ‘Justice’
dead man's . father, Schmidt's statement
liar, Justice will be done.”
man’s wife. Chicago. It was Miss Schmidt's discovery that Mr. Mee had a wife,
promised to marry her.
Pledges His Aid
as a humanitarian gesture.
turn to,” Mr. Battisti said.
speak Spanish—to defend herself. thing with which to kill her.
ing down the stairway. to kill you,’ I heard him say. *
blindly pulled the trigger. to the floor.”
Raids Net Nine
"Will ss
By JANE STAFFORD Science Service Staff Writer
is costing approximately $1 million. . Chief items on this huge medical bill are the vacoimtions for & half a million persons and the health detection work necessary in tracks ing down persons who might have caught the disease from the fist case and be spreading the germs further.
Dancer to Plead
The dancer told the United Press yesterday that she fired the fatal at Mr. Mee after he had beaten her, knocked her down and She said she shot him during a quarrel in which he ordered her off the yacht where they had lived as husband
Dr. Lester Mee of Chicago, the read Miss and said, “That makes a good story for a
Miss Schmidt, a native of Toledo, O., has admitted . tat she posed beforer police as the dead His real wife is mn
she said, which led to the fatal argument. She said Mr. Mee had
Mr. Castellanos was brought in as Miss Schmidt's -attorney by Amleto Battisti, a Uruguan-born Italian who is a financier, politician and author of an economic treatise.
Mr. Battisti pledged his aid to her
“She has no friends, no one to “I can’t leave a 21-year-old girl alone—in a strange country, not even able to
Miss Schmidt said she and Mr. Mee had argued violently in the yacht’s lower cabin early last Tuesday. She said he rushed out, and she feared he had gone to get some-
“I was so much afraid of him that I rushed to the drawer below the bunk in the cabin—which was open—and got the .22 caliber ‘pistol that was kept there. He was com‘I'm going
“I was so terribly afraid that I
pointed the gun in his direction and He fell
Nine persons were arrested on
Be Vaccinated
emergency program tions to begin But the mayor the millions of residents ‘be vaccinated.® ; Health authorities sands will be vaccinated own physicians and. the of the campaign will be nearer million.
A Waste of Money This money is being spent
a waste of money, because smallpox is a preventable disease. The million-dollar case was brought into the city from outside
known that the first patient had smallpox. Some of them caught the disease and others may have caught it from them. : Two victims have died of smallpox and New York's all-out war on the disease which can be prevented will be an expensive fight. Smallpox can be prevented by correctly done vaccination. Yet there. are many persons in the United States who have never been vaccinated. There are many more unvaccinated in other countries, even though doctors and health authorities the world over know that vaccination protects against small-
pox. Advise Revaccination The protection does not always last a lifetime, so authorities advise revaccination after five years, par= ueularly for those Nkely W be ex,
The list includes diphtheria, typhoid fever, yellow fever, rabies, tetanus (lockjaw), Rocky Mountain cfd.
Srery Orie Of these disease SM I fluenza and mumps may be added to the list if the newly developed ,| vaccines against them fulfill present
ultraviolet rays or chemical mists, will check the spread of germs that spread
World-wide epidemics may spread by world air travelers ny as.
charges of gambling in two rafds by police last night. Albert Tratt-
ticed in interna
and .his eyes grew thoughtful. “He was a good one, that Valentino,” he said. ‘ “I can remember how he blushed, and how much he
hated it if the women tipped him.”
The Heart of A merica—
was one of the first to take part in anti-Nazi films, ‘Tncluding, “The "Madmat of Zooper” the Arst directed | against’ HOE "
Greene fo Play Duke
RICHARD GREENE will play the title role in a
historical technicolor epic built around the Duke of Marlborough. Greene himself peddled the idea to the studio. . The play from which the Warners’ “Wallflower”
was taken was written by Reginald Denham, father|
of Angela Lansbury. His selection of the title certainly has nothing to do with Angela! + - Short takes: Aside to Judge Dockweiler: Laraine ‘Day Just got married again, ® John Wayne for. a scene in “Tycoon.” Dale Evans will reign as queen of the Florence, Kas., Diamond Jubilée celebration come’ June. Andrea King will be starred in a new Warner flicker, “Her Secret.” It's a story about each item in a girl's purse and how it got there. Jack Parr, the GI comic, will do a series of 16-mm. comedy shorts a la Bob Benchley. There's talk about filming “The Fountainhead” again, with Clark Gable again perking up those famous ears.
By Ruth Millett
HENRY FORD did more than any man in the world to liberate women from the kitchen. Household labor-saving devices generally get the credit for freeing women from the walls of home and
: the demands of family life.
But the low-priced family car really opened up’ the outside world to women. They ‘Were Homebound
; UNTIL THEY could load the children into a car and set out for an afternoon of visiting or shopping, -
women ‘were really home-bound.
priced ca made. cms
Top opened
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income family to know the refreshing experience of a weekend fishing trip and.a day at the beach. It let the farm woman get to the city, opened up the country to the city dweller:
,Opened Up Country IT GAVE women.a chance to really go places and see things when their husbands’ vacations came along. The chance to tour the country in the family car “opened up the whole country tos women.
"Yes, woman's best friend is dead. It was Henry
, who freed women from the narrow walls of home. Tt phys Wyte ne
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But Residents Don't
HUSHPUCKENA, Miss, April
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Hushpuckena, Miss., Brings Chuckles
Mind—They Laugh, Too
By ELDON ROARK Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
15.-~THis is the town whose name
tickles the funnybone. Just the mere mention of it—pronounced Hush-
the fun, too. As 1 drove along the main street which faces the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad, I hailed a tall, red-faced man who was munching a cud of tobacco. “Where's the postoffice?” I - hollered. I didn’t really care where the postoffice was. I just wanted to start a conversation, ‘We Needed Money’
He came over to the car, let fly a squirt of tobacco juice, and pointed down the street.
“The postoffice used to be in my store,” he said, nodding toward a corner building. “My wife was the postmistress. Worked her pretty hard, but we needed the money. Had six children to put through college. After the last one finished, we ‘de-
McReynolds.” “This town’s pretty well. known, isn’t it?” 1 asked. He laughed. “Oh, -yes. Tourists {run in here (it's a little off the main
iey want that Hushpuckena ‘postmark to be good and ‘clear, irionts will.» see hag
cided to take it a little easier. She gave up the postoffice. My name's
highway) to mail postcards. -And hts
puckeny—brings thuckles, and a full-fledged gwi'Zt“@oud for-a bellyplaugh. It is an old standby of comedians, a “hot competitor of Podunk. Residents don't mind. They make up their own jokes and enjoy
The town, he said, got its name lin this ‘way: When the railroad was built, the settlers turned out to see the first train, And when it stopped at this point, it scared the daylights out of a little Negro child. He hollered
shouting, “Hush, Puckena! Hush, Puckena!” The conductor heard her, and named the stop Hushpuckena, But there was a twinkle in Mr. Reynolds’ ‘eye, and finally he broke down and admitted he was just pulling. my leg. He said the town was named for Hushpuckena creek, and that Hushpuckena is an Indian word whose meaning he didn't know, The scarcity of farm labor is hav« ing a beneficial effect ‘on life in the Delta, acocrding to Mr. MeReynolds. Plantation owners are improving the cabins of tenants and sharecroppeérs, are providing better water supplies and Sioclz telly. ‘Furnish System’ : “They see now it's good ines to go: that," ‘Mr. MoRe lds said.
Tickles: Foioons
Has Become Hot Competitor of Podunk
and cried, and his mother kept|
all-round conditions Is getting the best families.” A change is i made in the “furnish system,” too. In the past plantation owners gave the furnish —advances against the crops to come—in credit only at their stores and commissaries. - Tenants and sharecroppers had to buy their supplies there at the owners’ price. That brought -unfair prices and other forms of cheating. Now, Mr. McReynolds said, many tenants and sharecroppers are asking for their furnish in cash, and are getting it. Mr. McReynolds is all for that because isn't a plan-tation-owner—he's a fash merchant.
Business Is Brisk
The first of every month is Furnish day, and everybody comes to town and business is brisk. A furnish of $5 a month for each person in a family is considered a fair amount, “Negro farm families are happier than they have ever been,” -sald Mr. McReynolds, “and that helps everybody. At last plantation men have awakened to the fact that a dissatisfied family won't work their crops right. - They won't make any money for either you or themselves.” They raise a lot of pecans here, and are hoping for a dry May. A ‘wet May, they say, means few nuts. I had one more question: there amy. Communists in, Hushpuckena, Mr, McReynolds?” .. He aimed a Jet of ii juice
ner, 46, of 2159 N. Illinois st. was|the opinion of
'some such air disinfection is prac- . Stuart
airports, in
“police”
“Are!
Vermont st.;
on Paca st.
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arrested on charges of keeping a gambling house at 148 W. 16th st.
Five others were arrested for visiting a gambling house and gamiug. Horace Tyndall, 43, of 767 W. -John Anderson, 29, of 941 Bright .st., and John Bryant, 25, of 536 Blackford st., “were arrested on charges of gaming When “YoUnd™ "a dice game in progress in the rear of the 800 block
University of Pennsylvania bacteri-
climates where travelers must ny indoors: sometimes for or many hours during bad weather, are, he says, potential. breeding nc for epi-
Carnival—By Dick
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Turner