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Indianapolis, Indiana. Issued Dally,

‘I Will Answer Any Question’—

Doug Insists He's in Dark About Firing

On Korean War

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By H. D. QUIGG ‘ United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Apr. 23— Gen. Douglas MacArthur “to this day has never been informed of the reasons for his summary dismissal,” his personal advisor said today.

“He has not the faintest idea why such action was taken,” Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney said

in a press conference. | i Gen. Whitney, military advisor Id S aw dame

to Gen. MacArthur when the

John Garfield . . . "| hate

communism."

General was the supreme com-| mander for the Allied powers in| the Far East and now his [ n. |

“personal advisor,” said Gen.| MacArthur believed he was “me-| ticulously within his directives,

and his responsibilities.” | 1 1 Gen. Whitney said that Gen. Of Relief Chiselers

MacArthur's first knowledge of, Former Judge Wilfred Bradhis dismissal. came from Mrs law, an outspoken foe of relie! MacArthur who learned of | while listening to a radio broad- Ct ers, loday was Spbointed 2 cast from Los Angeles. She in-member of the State Public Wel-| formed him of it ‘20 minutes be- fare Board by Gov. Schricker. | fore he received the news from; Mr. Bradshaw succeeds ThurWashington,” Gen. Whitney said. man A. Gottschalk, who resigned “The President had already Apr. 1 because of ill health. stated publicly that Gen. Mac-| "In accepting the post. Mr. Brad-' Arthur was free to say anythingshaw said. he wished concerning the Korean, «1 peljeve in the welfare proWar,” Gen. Whitney said. “What|gram We must take care of those he said on Mar. 24 was said a8 yh, are in need through no fault a cold and realistic estimate of of their own.”

the military situation.” However, the new welfare board

Ex-Judge Is Foe

John Garfield Calls Communism ‘Tyranny’

Ferrer is expected to be called to transportation

Transit Firm Reports First Profit of Year

Net for March Reaches $20,148 By IRVING LEIBOWITZ

The city's transit system, bolstered by a fare increase, showed its first profit of the year 'in March. W. Marshall Dale, president

Star Denies Ever Being Red

By HERBERT FOSTER United Press Staff Correspondent

* WASHINGTON, Apr. 23—Movie Star John Garfield told the House Un-American Activities Commit-| tee today “I have never been al

member of the Communist Party” and “I will answer any question you put to me.” The stocky, 38-year-old actor, | the first witness following a six-| day recess, told the committee: “I believe communism is a pored today that the transit com tyranny, a dictatorship, is against pany made a net profit of $20,democracy.” 148.05. The information was conMr. Garfield said he was quoted tained in the utility’s monthly re“absolutely” correctly in a pub-|port, which will be filed with the lished statement which said: State Public Service Commission “I have always hated commun- this afternoon. ism ., . . it is a tyranny which, At the same time, Mr. Dale| threatens our country and the noted 'fhat the trend in rid-| peace of the world.” ‘ing city busses is up. | Mr. Garfield's offer of full co-: On Mar. 18, the PSC allowed operation made him the fifth the transit company to raise fares| “friendly” witness in thé current from 12 cents to a single 15-cent linvestigation, but the first to say fare or two tokens for 25 cents. he was never a Communist, | Riders Increase

| Four previous witnesses sald, Despite the fare increase, there {they were one-time Hollywood were 30,000 more riders in March {Communists. They were Stars of this year than in March, 1950, Larry Parks and Sterling Hay- utility records show. {den, Writer Richard J. Collins, Mr, Dale, quite happy about the {and Mrs. Meta Rosenberg. former good showing of the company, (assistant story editor at Para- was still cautious about its on 'mount Studios. cial condition. Academy Award Actor “If.the trend of riding public increases,” Mr. the witness stand later this week./ Dale said, “the company should Mr. Garfield said he was born be in a profitable position by the! on New York's East Side Mar. 4, end of the year.” | 1913. He was influenced toward’ This could mean, one staff the theater by Educator Angelo member of the PSC said, that the| Patri, he said. transit company will stop com-| The actor said he first worked ing back to the commission for| as a ‘spear carrier” and then another fare increase. { played bit parts in a Shake-| Reasons for Profit 8 ny “at a buck a’ { Spearean npany he joined the! Mr. Dale: said the profit was

the result of: | i N York | SIoNp ater n ow X° | ONE: The fare increase, which]

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Mr. Garfield said he went to Was only in effect for one half] LANSING, Mich., Apr. 23—Blair They fell back across the Han-

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

War

On Traffic Slaughter

As 1951 Toll Hits 23

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Columnist Gets Vandenberg Post

Blair Moody

Goes to Senate By United Press

Two Wedges Bayt and Safety Council

Into UN Lines For Halting

Allies Retire

At Hantan River By FRANK TREMAINE

United Press Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Tuesday, Apr. 24—|

Itraffic slaughter. New developments: ONE: Judge Alex Clark

Future Violators to Be Tried in Regular Court; | 23 More Drivers Seized in New Crackdown “All out” war was declared today on Indianapolis

Driven by Reds Head to Confer on Plan

Accidents

abolished the fine-free night

‘United Nations spearheads in|traffic “school” court after May 2 and ordered all future western Korea withdrew traffic violators to be tried in regular court.

south of the Hantan River| ‘Monday in the face of the

{long-awaited Chinese Sent Jndis plop fy dd {munist counteroffensive which| '"® Year was injured at Capito drove at least two wedges into fe, A South St. shortly bethe Allied lines on their right.| fore 1p. m. today. | Vanguard forces of an esti- . - imated 700,000 - man communist IncljaNa lis Autos |army launched the anticipated 4 i |

(spring offensive Sunday. ; It hit United Nations forces ~ Ki the western, central and east-cen-| Vd p ets [tral fronts along a 95-mile line. |

| In the west the Allies withdrew | ‘the spearheads which had reached, Traffic Toll Tops War Casualties

within four miles of the Com-| {munist bastion of Chorwon, 17) By ANDY OLOFSON Communist bullets in Korea

» - ~ BULLETIN The 1000th traffic vietim in Indianapolis since the first of

miles north of the 38th Parallel.

Benefit of Enemy . member said he believed the suc- ood in 1938, and has made the month. The Mar. 24 statement was or or SRI BE O8 ONE ror | HOlYW TWO: Reduction G M nur’ p g pe 31 pictures. ren. MacArthur's invitation to upon “good administration.” { , expenses by management. the enemy commander to meet “Against Chiselers” | THREE: More passengers.

in operating |on¢ for the Detroit News, today" 1D the enemy. Beat Back Reds

{was named U. 8. Senator to suc-|

him in ‘the field to discuss. .set- _ pay : nal.r fm = i Dale 5 _iceed the late Sen. Arthur H. - United Nations forces onthe: tiement terms. lo a aagpae: Ti an mere (J Funds to Ma ale Sautioned Assim the | Vandenberg (R. Mich.). | cemtral front heat back Red at] ‘Gen. MacArthur at that time 'Mmediately a A x0V, Ave | His appointment was announced tacks early Monday without giv-

{transit company's future. He ex-|

month is not PY Gov. G. Mennen Williams. Mr./ing ground.

plained that one utility's future position will be.| Last year the transit company lost $46,191.30.

nd liberal. He has been cover- again. |ing the capital for the News since

{a reporter. During World War east of the Hwachon reservoir, II he served as war correspondent where one for the News

: {American Newspaper Alliance. ithe hill at dark Monday. Bedtime Saturday | He will serve out Mr. Vanden-! y

Allied artillery met the Red

Moody, Washington correspond- tan River and broke off contact ape no deadlier than autos in In-

The Reds checked sufficient time to know what the ’andenberg died last Wednesday. their assaults during the day. | | Mr. Moody, 49, is a Democrat When darkness fell they attacked!

{ On the east central front the {1933, ' writing “The Lowdown On Reds rammed at least two wedges!

s |{into United Nations lines north! includes He joined the News in 1923 as/of Inje. Heavy fighting raged \ndianapolis. That: 15 hill changed hands and the North twice. United Nations troops held!

(berg’s term which expires in Jan- attacks with a roaring, round-

|dianapolis. More than 13 time as many (persons have been killed or wounded in Indianapolis traffic {thts year than the num of In|dianapolis GIs killed or ded {in Korea. Total city traffic casualties to {date are 1023. That includes 23 {dead and 1000 injured. Official Korean casualties an{nounced since Jan. 1 are 76 for

killed, 61 wounded. | For all of Indiana, traffic accidents have killed 325 persons so far this year. | In the same period, 92 Hoosier {soldiers were killed in Korea.

#" = #” THE MILLIONTH American {soldier to be killed in the 176 |vears of all wars is expected to |lose his life in August—if the | present casualty rate is continued. | The millionth American traffic

A preliminary 5th Air Force |death during the 51-year history

TWO: Mayor Bayt called upon National Safety Council experts for help. : THREE: Police continued their crackdown on moving traffic violations, arresting 23 more motor= ists this morning. - City’s Death Toll at 23 After week-end accidents had zoomed the city’s 1951 traffie death toll to 23 and the citycounty total to 38, Judge Clark ordered the stiffer court enforce~ ment program. ‘ ix The Wednesday night trafic court had featured a safety movie, a lecture by the judge and a safety pledge by the motorists— but no fines. Persons alr slated for Wednesday night. next Wednesday will be the’ last to go through the “educational”

trial in day sessions court. y y Read Alarmed by the a ri ata, lay arranged a y 1 p with Ned H. Dearborn, preside: “We have long been aware of

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apolis,” Mr. Dearborn said in Chicago today. “We will lay the weakness on the line to Mayor Bayt with nothing spared.” 4 Pedestrians Killed He sald two members of his staff had a thorough of the situation here, and he would confer with them in detail before coming to talk to the Mayor.

the terrible conditions in Indians A

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China to discuss terms might made one point clear. i expose it to retaliatory action “I am against relief chiselers,”| BWer rojec he said. the enemy as well as the free lers. If there are, I'll try to put al | ha ! Washington.” | Set Your Clock | important part of the program of ‘and director of personnel relations| By JOE ALLISON ; to the enemy by a morning news- nicipal Court judge and later million-dollar sewer project for lets and frequent radio broad- On the Welfare Board he will 361.500 contract jor engineering THE ANNUAL bate of oka juary Res [ine xiosk Ravage st wag ut ue he was not making a public state-|the Rev. W. Edward Sweigart, Ft.|5¢Wers. Distrlet 'at 2 a. m. Sunday when clocks fidante of United Auto Workers) Warplanes roared out in rec(hour. reporters. “I'm acquainted with the other C for psychological effect on the antinuey ou terms a military commander can, field," Gen. Whitney said.

also said that refusal of Red Schricker's office this morning, | against bases in Manchuria. “I'll make every effort “He said it for the benefit of to find out if there are any chise-| . IT Multi-Million Plan 19130. world,” Gen. Whitney continued. stop to it.” { Gets oT “It was subsequently used as an; Mr. Bradshaw is the attorney, Under Way psychological warfare. {for the Indiana State Chamber of Preliminary work started to- An Hour Ahead at “What he said was distributed Commerce. He formerly was Mu- day on construction of a multipaper which we dropped to the Juvenile Court Judge. Indianapolis. Chinese forces and by drop-leaf- Confidence in Board The Works Board approved a casts.” sefve with Leo M. Kinman, Shel- S€rvices to map three divisions —the season's best excuse for The news columnist is a closerate of 1000 shells an hour in Gen. Whitney ‘emphasized that byville; Fred Hoke, Indianapolis; of ' main, storm and sanitary being late for work—will start|friend of Gov. Williams and con- {some sections. ment but merely answering ques-| Wayne, and Mrs. Benjamin Hitz, | The Sanitary WAS should be moved forward one President Walter P. Reuther. lord numbers in clear skies to join tions which had be sked by Indianapolfs |scheduled to pass a resolution Mr. Moody was born in New the United Nations defense en as by ae {calling for a new release-inter-| ; cepter sewer to haul pollution of Left in Silence Pp J “The Mar. 24 statement was enemy and at the same time let the enemy commander know in understand, the terms on which! he was ready to meet him in the! Gen. Whitney was asked wheth-| er Gen. MacArthur now planned

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F. Thomas Heflin, |

Ex-Senator, Dies

LAFAYETTE, Ala. Apr. 23 (UP)—F. Thomas Heflin, 82, for-! mer Democratic Representative, and Senator, died at his home| here yesterday after a long ill-| ness, i Mr. Heflin served in the House! from 1904 until 1920, when he! was elected to the Senate seat of the late John H. Bankhead Sr.! He was defeated in the 1930 Sen-

ate race by John H. Bankhead Jr. Wilfred Bradshaw

imembers of the board,” Mr. Brad-

{mended by resolution of the City

Daylight Saving Time, Tecom-| Haven, Conn., the son of Arthur |Edison Blair Moody and Julia report said the planes killed 1800 of the automobile is expected in

Continued on Page 2—Col. 4 |Council, will go into effect for Downey Moody. He attended pub-| Reds and the total was expected December.

most of Indianapolis and many Indiana cities. Mayor Bayt said today the city will take no official action jon “fast time,” but added that

Fair and Warmer —That’s for Us

apolis today, pushing the temper- earlier by the Central Standard ature almost to 60 degrees in the Time clock. afternoon and promising a sin- A stdte. law passed in 1949 cere, if late, spring. prohibits official recognition of

Even finer things were in store fast time. {for tomorrow, according to the Tee _€—_—_——

weatherman. { y y He said the sun will remain ute ert with us throughout Tuesday,! b bringing a high of 68 degrees and Of Ti Di

|bringing, no doubt, a host of sun{worshippers outdoors for the first time since winter set in.

Tonight will be chilly again,! . though clear. Low will be 38 de-! Assistant Foreman Btoes. Ey Of Composing Room LOCAL TEMPERATURES Herman - C. {Dutch) Eggert, §a.m... 3 0AM... 5 1518.8 Fast St, died this momHo Mix a 12 IN on 3 ing in Billings Hospital after a I oa me. 48 p.m... 56 {long illness. He was 58.

Mr. Eggert was assistant com-|

F. M. Swanson Dies MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Apr. 23 (UP)—Frank M. Swanson, 61,

Carefree Days—

| posing room foreman of The In-| |dianapolis Times. He had been

A lifelong resident of Indian-

| with’ the newspaper since 1924. |

{lic schools in Providence, R. I..'to climb above 2000. and was graduated from Brown , : University in 1922. He is married] Van Fleet Warns and the father of three sons. Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet

Before joining the News he warned Sunday night only a few

2 Quaker Boys’ School in Provi-|ineir attacks, that they !dence, > Mr. Moody is considered an expert on foreign affairs. In the last two years he has made special studies of the effects of the Marshall Plan on Europe. an He was the emcee of the “Meet PlOYINg air power. Your Congress” radio program| (This appeared a clear refer-

throw “new forces” into the Korean war. Gen. Van Fleet said the new

|which pitted Sen. Homer Cape- nese war prisoners which the

{hart (R. Ind.) against Sens. Hu-/ Russians have been training in persons killed and injured in traffic, although the number of acci-

[bert Humphrey (D. Minn.) and Manchuria.) Herbert H. Lehman (D. N.Y.). Massed Allied artillery ranging re jup to 155-millimeter “long toms” was expected to account for as many or more of the attackers.

1st Marines Win Fourth

Presidential itation One artillery officer on the hard- | v hit central front said: WASHINGTON, Apr. 23 (UP) “The gullies. in front of us

—The Navy discldsed today that! the Presidential Unit Citation has been awarded to the 1st Marine 20d We intend to keep adding to Division for heroic action during | the piles. the Korean Inchon-Seoul cam-

paign.

‘Patriot of Towering Stature'—

Four of the dead were pedestrians. . Five other persons died of trafe

Since 1775, the total U. 8. war fic injuries throughout the state,

| dead—996,500.

Since 1900, the U. S. traffic dead,

|—975,000.

During the first nine months of| Bright sunshine flooded Indian- City workers will come to work taught school for a brief period pours before the Reds launched the

States is: Killed in Korea—9600. Killed in traffic—28,400,

forces were composed of “miscel-| y AST YEAR, Indianapolis was! laneous other ‘volunteers’ em- the unsafest traffic city in the Oxford St.

{United States.

{ Yet this year, the record is get-/ (fast Friday that led to the brawl ence to an estimated 100,000 Jap-|

ting blacker.

Dead in Marion County wers: Capt. Gerald E. Hamm, 44, of 8965 S. Meridian St. ' Mrs.. Geneva Jones, 37, of

Korean fighting, the com-| 59 E. Minnesota St. might parative death toll for the United

Joseph Urajnar, 51, of 1313 Nordyke Ave. { Thomas W. Hoover, 87, of §10 [ E. 33d St. yo Luther O. Dorris, 44, of 231 N, Army Captain Killed

Army Capt. Gerald Hamm, stationed at Camp Atterbury, died

To date there have been more when his car ran off Ind 135

dents is smaller. The comparative figures are: 1951 Accidents ....co00... 2327

(Injured os covevveces 998 852 Kille@l «..votneosnsre 23 Among this year's traffic dead

already are full of Chinese dead have been 13 pedestrians. For the them to be

|same period a year ago, it was ‘only eight.

ltwo miles south of the city, and crashed into a tree early yesterday. Injured in the crash was a {friend of his wife, Miss Clarice

1950/ call, 41, of 2822 N, Illinois St. He 2390 was taking her home. She suf-

fered an injured shoulder. “Some cities desire their report to be secret, and others permit made public,” Mr,

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The Navy said the “havoc and,

secretary.to Warden Alfred Dowd

Mayor Bayt Dives 45 Feet

|previous victories is irrefutable

been active in semipro baseball |

|destructi y ht by the divi-|# ° fT ® » ® Vi polis, Mr. Eggert was 2 graguate GOT OE AL Gn Voice’ Gives Asia a Distorted View

Other Features:

be Wednesday.

of the Indiana state prison, died ° . tod in St. Anthony H ial yf rn (30Y A ) ona ih Pm Mipsis] n 0 iver ears go - = 7 f=.

Caddies Engaged In Daredevil Play

On the Inside By NOBLE REED It may be a little hard to be-

Of The Times : Page lieve that once the mild-mannered

Edmund O'Brien to star in to- Mayor Bayt was a. “dare-devil” night's Video Theater story athlete of the adventurous type.

“Hit and Run”... a com- More than 30 years ago the plete rundown of radio and | west Side was dazzled at times

television programs ....... with some of the Mayor's feats of Riley Hospital Cheer Guild |daring.

plan benefit card party Fri- | When he was about 18 ie sida day afternoon in Murat | aro { Tiavmate ed wn give TEMPIE vsereesssibicreses ¢ |SToup of playmates, us

; : {off the top of a lamp-post towerMissionary Education Insp ing above the 16th St. Bridge Park Church May 1 and 2. 8 |over White River about 45 feet Henry Butler considers yes- {into shallow water as a mere terday’'s IU Philharmonic’s |routine for “keeping fit.

concert at Bloomington “its “It all started as a dare and in best yet” |those days boys of that age sel-

|dom backed away from a dare,” [the Mayor said. | Some of the other “daredevils” {in the diving feats were Charles |Boswell, now chief probation

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Robert Ruark ........... 13 | caddying for golfers at the InSociety ................. 6 | dianapolis Country Club and while Fd Sovola .............. 13 [waiting to be picked up and taken Sports ...............15, 16 [to the golf course we passed thé

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(time with diving practice,” Mayor 7 |Bayt said. He explained their diving from ¢

{old English Ave. Boy's Club team. ! Mr. Eggert was a veteran of] World War I and served as a| second lieutenant in France. He was a member of the Ameri-| can Legion, Veterans of Foreign| Wars and the Indianapolis Typographical Union 1. Survivors include his wife, Effie B.; a son, William. sports writer for The Times, and a half brother William Renner, Indianapolis. : Funeral services will be held in the G. H. Herrmann Funeral] Home. Arrangements have not

been completed. in the Derby |

an YORK, Apr. 23. (UP)~—-|

[Uncle Miltie, the early favorite to | | : {win the Kentucky Derby, will not | |the bridge abutments into six or be sent to Kentucky for the race, | |eight feet of water had become trainer Dr.. Andy Colando an-| [routine “play” and some one nounced today. | dared the rest to dive off the top| The colt will be given a short] |of the lamp-post extending high rest following his disappointing| |above the bridge. ‘races in the Experimental Handi-| | “We took the dare after practic- cap No: 2 and the Wood Memorial | ing shallow diving, the kind that| and then be pointed for ‘the! is necessary in White River to/Preakness Stakes May 19. { | avoid hitting the bottom,” he sald.| Uncle Miltie was installed a 5-| | The Mayor also recalled that to-2 favorite in the winter books | | they rigged up a giant swing from after beating Battlefield and Big| a tree and would swing out over Stretch in the Prospect Purse two {the water and flip-flop over into weeks ago, but has failed to run! the water, back to that race since,

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cers and men.” The division previously won Presidential Unit citations for action at Guadalcanal, Peleliu and Okinawa in World War II.

Lucas Returns To Far East

Jim Liucag, Scripps-Howard and Indianapolis Times war spondent, is back in the Far East and headed for the fighting front

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There are nearly 250 ca- from the battleable real estate brokers who fronts. advertise in the Classified. | After he re. Jim Lucas Columns of The Indianapolis |{,rned to this country he wrote a! Times. . . . Many of them EX- |4qrjeq of revealing and uncensored |

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and formerly payed pail witn tne SodT SLC om OF Ul S. Press Reaction in Doug Row

Nippon Times Cites 9 Papers Backing Truman, But Fails to Quote Any Supporting MacArthur

By JIM G. LUCAS Seripps-Howard Staff Writer

TOKYO, Apr. 23 ~The Voice

of America radio press service is

COrre- ojving the Far East a completely distorted view of American press

reaction to Gen. MacArthur's removal.

Under a New York dateline a

story in Sunday morning's Nippon

Times does note quote one newspaper supporting Gen. MacArthur, but cites nine strongly backing President Truman.

The story says the reaction was “varied” but it cites the reaction of the “independent” Washington Post as “typical.” It says the Post speech in great detail, carefully, considers every aspect and sums up the views.”

Detailed Reproduction Then follows a detailed reproduction of the “typical” Post editorial. The Voice also quotes the New York Herald Tribune, the, “independent” . Boston Globe, the Baltimore Sun “which follows an

“reviews the

Louisville Courier Journal, the Birmingham News, the Atlanta] Constitution, the » Kansas City

Among editorial comments pro« duced were these: WASHINGTON POST — “Mac= Arthur wants all-out war, war against the wrong foe, on the wrong battlefield, fought without Allies.” NEW YORK HERALD TRIB» UNE—“The risks of Soviet inter vention and deep entanglement in China are much greater than Gen. MacArthur recognizes.” BOSTON GLOBE—'We should remind ourselves that Gen. MacArthur also believed prior to No-

| 3 rd th of the things he couldn’t write \nacPendent editorial policy.” the vember that Communist China {wouldn't intervene in Korea.

BALTIMORE SUN — “The Ko-

\rean fighting involves many other

Star and the Minneapolis Trib- .,,¢iqerations besides the mili

une. : The only comment which could, possibly be construed as favoring! Gen. MacArthur is that of the Portland (Me.) says that Gen. MacArthur is al

| “patriot of towering sure |

tary one.”

BIRMINGHAM NEWS — “The

General is not convincing at all Herald which Po" i

ints.” ; & ATLANTA CONSTITUTION ~

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