The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 February 1949 — Page 1
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THE DAILY BANNER "IT WAVES FOR ALL"
fifty-seven
GREENCASTLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1949.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
NO. 99
TT FEARS USINESSMEN ARE ASLEEP'
I .ISi ATOIC !>, U\ I K HOI SE HIM. NO. m
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work
soil
ift
l-loye Hout
law.
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itiKi business men mu: '.
I
ps yuiiij; <m,” is Ihe eumlume Seott has arrived at |being beaten down on Bill l!*!i in the legislature E.sday, because only a few ( I,, this bill have been li V those who will be hurt
the
I Seott rr|Kn l3 Tuesday was
a het
, s i it made a speeuii ■ ,il I I A. February 11, but this ^ i »wn. Hi then ni.i .c |t t , amend the bill by ■ number ol em t li ii lour bai k to eight law now stands. This was
| ll ■ VII.
Seott's observations on
|i ii lude.
bill will just about tiic amount of money it DM . i aeh employer and add jids of new accounts, who have studied the bill te it will cost business
i■ ' animl >' imu oou
ise Bill 129 fixes the Kim wage of mtra-state al 75 cents per hour on hour week. It covers the jnent stores, restaurant and small concerns pw affected by federal tend hour law. It does not
cove^ i .in- employe! , farm
i or government em If House Bill 129 and Bill 199 are made 'into
jt‘ they are now written, they usi-
|i in the stale.
new
Fi ii! concluded: "The men of the slate must p of else they don't
what is going on.”
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Cross Asks id For Veteran
mill- |
VETERAN BURIED AT FILLMORE WEDNESDAY , Funeral services for Hobert J. Owen, who was killed ovei many on his seventh mission in Hi-M. were held from the Rector Funeral Home Wednesday after-
noon.
The V. F. W. was in charge of the Military services. Burial was made in the Fillmore cemetery*. Motion Worker May Lose Finger Thomas Ch-’-stnul, of Bloomington, a Mi non railroad employee. may lose the middle finger of his left hand a. result of an accident Tuesday at the scene of the Morion freight wreck, northeast ot the city Saturday night. Chestnut, a derrick helper, suffered a mashed and broken finger when a hook and chain slipped. He was taken to the I j , t removed to Bloomington. Merchants Plan Spring Opening The stores of the Oreeneastle trade area are planning a gala spring showing ot merchandise February 24-25-26. Several interesting features have been planned which will bring to Oreeneastle the first city-wide spring opening in years. The Chamber ol Commerce' has announced that in connection with the opening they will conduct a telephone contest starting Monday, Fi le. 14th, an I continuing through Feb. 24th. in which they will call at random people living m Oreeneastle and Putnam county; those peoplcalled will have an opportunity to win a five dollar gilt certificate from a Oreeneastle store. All the people called have to lo to win a prize is to say. “Buy It In Oreeneastle'’ when answering the phone.
BLUNT TALK IS DELIVERED BY GOV. DEWEY ] sVVs I’J.ATKOKM 1'I.AN KN MARK (iOl* AS A UBBKAIi I’AKTV
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. (UPl Ii. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey .stand.*, j* sponsor today for what some j Pm persons will regard as a left of ? center Republican party pro-1 k gram. He believes the GOP must ;• must adopt it or die. Dewey was principal speaker,!?’ Mere last night at the first party lally in a weeklong and nationwide I.incoln Day observance. I Former Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr., also spoke. Dewey scarcely referred to Congress and detoured carefully around i the hot Taft-Hartley Act whicli ., » has Congress in fits. His text 1 ‘ ifeTS*. was the 1948 Republican presidential platform which he sai l committed all hands to a broad program of social welfare, largo- i Iv originating in the- Roosevelt
administrations.
Martin was spokesman for the ffOth Congress. He endorsed the I alt-Hartley Act specifically along will) the entire record of tin- Congress in which he- serve I
as speaker.
"We who helped make that program in the 80th Congress have no apologies to make for our work," Martin said. “We is - juice in its consistent reeord of sound, solvent, forward-looking constitutional government.” Dewey said the 1948 platform planks hail marked the GOF a liberal progressive party.
COLORADO FAMILY DUG FROM 36 FEET OF SNOW
LATEST WIRE NEWS
I OS WM J.I I « l». !>. (INS) —-Sititii Star RoIk'iI Mitrhum ami artnss Lila Leeds eaeli wan senteneed today to (»0 days in i I Los Aiiyi los count a \ jail for conspiracy to possess marijuana. Superior Judge ('lenient ll. i Nyc at first sentenced the hohhy-so\ hero and tin* Monde actress to one year in jail, hut \ suspended the seutenee and placed Mu pair on probation, uHh the l»0 days as part of their pro ! hatiou terms. \\ XSIIINtiTON, I eh. 11.— (INS) — ( hairnian I.liner Thom as (ll) Olila., of tin* Senate Agriculture ( ommittee today in (piired whether it might In* feasible to sus|M*nd commodity marbets in an effort to combat tin downward price spiral. lie told tin* Xgrieulttirc ( om niittce however, that In* thought the process would he “too slow.
DUG OUT OF 36 FEET OF SNOW by neighbors, the John Larson family can finally come and g some semblance of normalcy again in northern Colorado community. (Iniernational Soundphoto)
Ladies To Be Lions' Guests
Oreeneastle Lions and their Indies are anticipating the “Ladies Night" program on M n day, February 14th. The diunci will be served at the V. F. W as j home and the program will fo!
I low.
“To be entirely specific," lie
I A humorous program has been planned, and according to ad- | vancc information will be onlci I taming to the Ori encastle Ln n
and their guests.
ttiat our party has solemnly declared that wo believe wholeheartedly in unemployment insurance, in old-age assistance or
an increased basis, a broader j Lions arc n que iled to hi in ; .social security generally, in .slum i one box of loud sufficient for
LINEIT* STARTED AT I IV M. The first person to line up for a In ki t to the Brazil-Greenea:il I, basketball game last night arriv'd at the gym doors at four o'clock ami waited until 5..10 bo fore she could bill n ticket an I •liter the building. However, ate
saw the game.
Bill May Affect Cagle Dam Work
THIRD STORM IN WEEK HITS THREE STATES
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\ WRING, I eb. 0.— (INS) — l ie' I liiiiese ('oiiiiiuinists eliarg oil today that "rolireil” President < liinng Rai-sln K is planning lo I re i nli r the civil war picture at ' iIn inspiration ol "American
llOHSI'H.’*
Iii a ratlin broadcast ln-nril in ! Nanking, tin Kills termed ac! mi:; I'rcsident Li Tsung Jen's
By the lime the doors were op- ! anuy engmcc! iway H • n ened, jt wa.s estimated there wen j Ihe army and put it in chargi of about 100 to 150 hi line waiting ' LeiLartment ot Publi, Work
A bill is now pending in tin l
S Congress that might nlii'ei (M'liie efforts a disguise lor <-oii the wink .it the Cagle Mill d.im. Munuil Nationalist resistance anil II proposes to take the \ 11, . : nihleil that < lining Is in daily
touch with l i.
clearance and public housing, ic public development of our water power resources, in larin price supports, in vigorous protection
of the rights of labor.
“All these are good. They are necessary. They are right. I believe that we as repri sentativI cs of out party arc bound by
one man and his wife or sweet j
heart. These food baskets will be auctioned off and the proceeds will go to the Indiana State Lions Cancel Control Fund Russell Clapp has volunteered his services as auctioneer.
ini the grand opening Hulman To Be C. of C. Speaker
Anton Hulman, Jr., Terre Haute businessman .sportsman and president of the Terie Haute (’hamher of Commerce, will be one of the guest speakers at the Chamber of Commerce annual membership dinner February 11
tary t rvn who lias been living I
. J ,, | who gi t downtown
in alt ninth of Oreeneastle, I , , teport that the tent, together
tainily .s clothing and
furnitlu were washed away by
An “early bird” sale will also i be featured during the days of
the Spring Opening. Bargains I''"O' t( * < an ' V th, ' m , " jt ” Will each day of the I Dewe y s ' ,i ‘ l ho 8 P° ke b,untl y! opening and those “eariy birds” j as a Politician who sought no
early w ,u I public office. He accused th' j
i find bargains of real value. A j P 8, l y of tr y in K f,,r >' , ' Hr ' s to k1os ; ! j new it will be featured each over a wide open .plit H, -j
! tically invited Republicans who i
at 6:.'!0 p. m. The dinner will l»'
The members of the Oreencast held in the Gobin Menini'iiil
those principles and are under a I U ' Ui, " ls Wl " b -' l-<''outted Methodist church.
to ask other couples to attend I In addition to Anton Hnlmn;i thjs event. I also participating on the pam 1
(will he J. B. Crosby and Fil'd L O'Hair, both of Greencasl I
| day of the sal ■
5 Girls Entered In DAR Contest
teceni i\ iters He is line nployei i the unemployment b: he receives proloiby tor food for the fami-
|*!X.
vi teran’s family is desEl' in need ot a Tiomc. F •' t month they have been with friends, but four .uid nine children in a I- dwelling i an imt>i dilation A small house the father could work for b' A'mid best meet their I he minimum furnishings • it have arc a cooking a nd ding stove, two beds, mattresses, bedding, j di.iwers, table, chairs,
Snill i i b<
) ihiu and father, but the I the three boys, 3. 6. and 1 ■' old, and the 5-months “d are many. Good used )bg for the fanily will be piled. pi t ribwt ions of fui niture and )ng for this family may be to the Red Cross office, 1 No. 4.” , 'I VSONK NOTH E
Famous Dancer Here February 14
Martha Graham. widelyknown artist of the modern dance, will present her company in a special pi iformance in the Orcencastli High School auditorium, Feb. 14. at 8:15 p. m. Miss Graham’s appearance is
| would oppose the party platform i
| to take a walk. He also repud-1 A j, HiM Washburn Chapter, iated the other Republican f ‘ x ' I Daughters of the Amu nan Revtremc which he said w ” u l'l Hln ( io „ h ave sponsored the Good
Citizenship 1’ilgrimage Contest in Putnam county This projee, is for si nio; ii gti school girls, chosen from tin' seni u- ■ lass by the members ot the class and by
the teachers.
he said would |
natch the New Deal or even try to go beyond it at unknown
expense.
Drop In Prices Costs Farmers
The Indiana slat' organization j of D. A. K. awards the wiiming
The drop in livestock as well I j^jrl in the state n $100 b ml ail as farm commodity prices dur-j gives to each contestant a eertiing the past week have cost the I fjeate of merit. The local clianPutnam comity farmers many | ter presents ra'b cmti y in the thousands of dollars, they esti- 1 , ( ,mity ii good ci : i/.ciiship mcdHl. mati' j Tins yeai live county higli Cattle prices have dropped )M | S have entm d the contest, I several dollars per hundred and Hir| M)1 . S1 h,„,is and their entrle j
Hearings are being held on tin . lull on February 11 Ai i nrdiii:. to all information on t ie Arms engineers wim dri w all the pi in and have supervised Hit w i k on the local project, they al.v.i , do a good job and are intere. t■ <t I < nun in the benefits for the tax pay- 1 ers in every projei t they sur !
^ J no
vey. Their reports, it has hen
said, depend entirely on the value
of benefits, rather than polities lor results and it looks as though if this plan to put the supervision under a department of public works goes through, it might make a vast VVPA out of sdlie thing that has been oi value to the taxpayers in tin past.
\\ \'sillN(.TON, I i ll. 9.I 11N > i — sil\er-haircil ■ \\is ■sally”--.Mililred I (.illars—ri' ^ Itirneil io a federal courtroom to | j da\ tor resumption ol tier Irea j | son trial which was lialtcd lal'i'iiplls Tuesday wlieii sin- hr
ill.
II WIND AND HEAVY’ SNOW SWEEPS IN I ROM PA< IUC
ll> t nUeit PreMi.
The third storm in a week swept the northern Rockies tolay with 65 mile an hour winds and (lumped heavy snows on the mountain no elo.v of Wyoming, Idaho and northern Htah. The new blow came off the Pacific last night, ripped across northern ('ahfni inn and Oregon and hit the mountain states within a matter ot a few hours. The strongest wan Is whistled over the ana between Laramie and Rawlins, Wyo., where a score or more of trains still were halted by tlu- deep drifts lai t town by Monday's storm. FinI'eastei.! uanii I that more heavy .mow would fall in Idaho and northi'i n Utah'early today Foreeasieis expected the fresh storm to abate somewhat before hitting the northern plains states where relief crews were hattling to reopen roads closed by the earlier storm. A cold wave pushed out ahead of the blow and temperatures were expected to hit 25 below' Zero in some sections ol Sou! h Dakota A Unite I Pn- .s tahulatio i showed that 653 persons have died act'! s the nation due to had weather Since New Year's Day. Most of the deaths occurred in
tin' stricken West.
But the West wasn’t the only iectioii of the country experiencing trouble with the weather. Torrential rains fell in the gulf states and some authorities fear-
ed rivet might flood.
As it swept over Oregon last night .the storm piled up Ifi-foo* drifts on u highway near Weston. marooning 20 families A bus driver and 25 high school |;md grade school students were
Hlhimgli Miss Gihars slmwiil
v isititi- signs id illness, her
j slep-aislcr, Mrs. I'.ilna Mae ller-
ii. k. ins,sli d tlial Ihe I.X-yi*.»r- |T ,; r ,*..V, , . , •r;.* b *«, s W| j h ..Id spinster is by no m.iuis r. , Hhovl ., . , h ,. ir p,, , „„ , h ,. y
..m re.l from her fainting spell, j ( . (1|| |,| get hnni( .
Airlift planes flying
r
b'd meeting of Cloverdale e No 132 F A. M. Thursday, 'T 7 p. m. Work in M. M. Bert Gross W. M.
10 Years A}»o
OKKENCAHTUC
I
Margaret Bryan was hoiti from New Castle. ^^fess Mildred Pitchford was ^fgpng in Rossvilie. and Erma Hudlin was here tr.m Terse Haute visiting theii parents. Charles D.iunohue enter"jjP 1 w >th a bridge party hon-
°w
sponsored by the DePauw Dniversity Women's R. ereation Association and the campus chapter of Orchcsis, modern dance honorary. The company's two-hour performance will include “Diversion of Angels;” “Cave of the Heart;" “Lear,” and “Every Soul is a Cir-
cus.
hog prices have gone to $20 for choice weights, while other weights have been as low as $14
on Monday and Tuesday. Coin, wheat, soy beans an 1
oats all fell the limit on the Chicago Board of Trade Tuesday nn.1 coin has been selling under $1 for several days. Beans are . the lowest in many years and i much under the price at harvest j
an as follows: | Fillmore Ethel Thompson, i Bambridgc .li aie ltc Tipptn. Roachdale Roberta Ellen |
Purcell.
Oreeneastle Dorothy Reeves. Belle Union Gloria McCam-
mack.
The ennteat papers were carefully cheeked and graded by
George C. Carroll. V. R. Mi Mil Ian. A N. Levin and C. L. Slud t ier, all of Terre Haute, aiid P K. Middleton, direetor ol Uu hi iliana Economic Council ol Imli I
nnapolis.
The panel is conducted i’i connection with the itniiiuil membership campaign. ’Ihe topic of discussion will he “You an '■ Your Chambn of Cornmcn e " All members ami fiicmls ot Hi Chnmlier of Commerce are in
vilcd to attend.
Traffic Crash East Of City
Two prisons were injured and two automobiles sustain'd considerable 'Inmage in a li'Htlii' ac cident on the Stilesville road about 3 1-2 miles east of the , city, at 4 W> p. m Tuesday Trevaun Stllery, 22. Grecncast h Route 1. driver of a 1959 Bun k sedan belonging to Burl Flint, was token to the Putnam , county hospital suffering Iron 1 shuck and injuries. Mack Om ni, poplar stieet, was brought to the office of a local physician for
Open House At Indiana Loan
time.
Experienced livestock men arc at a loss to explain the drop, hut don't offer anything in the way of an upward trend for some
time.
However, these drops from the , producer are not yet reflected in | the retail price to the consumer j to any great degree, especially in | pork and beef products, but
! compi tent people ami the judges lr(l(u tm , nl ()f HM hijured arm
.State police said Siilery A
chose Jeanette 'Pippin ol Bamhridge as Putnam county's good citizen for 1949. Her paper has been submitted in the state con-
test.
for
Included in the company's cast may come before many days if are Erick Hawkins, Pearl Lang | the down trend continues,
and Mark Ryder. Eugene Lester ;
is musical director.
DePauw students who will assist in the production include
Richard Paulin. Donald Clancy, *100.000 alimony in
Ted Blum. Arthur Miller, Elmer action today fr<
Callawav and John MoorhousI said she once shot vt A.in,lt,,l uck..'.]pr™,».ly w.r. d.v„rooa_
at either 1 Mrs. Leola Grud filed the the Di - ' action in Howard Circut Court
SEEKS Bid ALIMONY
KOKOMO, Ind., Feb., 9 (UP)
A Kokomo woman asked
DePauw Cast To ^
Give Red Mill Remodeling Of
going west when the car's rear ixle broke causing bun to lose control of the machine and if ■rashed with a 1939 Chevroli ' coupe, en route east, driven by Robert Zimmer, south College
Avenue.
Tin Indiana Loan Cianpau held open him..' thrnuglioiit vilirday Im In i iiiany lii"i'
a ml ac(|iiaint a n es and
ol pci i ms < a' Ic I lining I lie i to offi i cnl'gi at ula 1 unis to li'ti' Pea: < ami to Mi Sto m a I of ticals "t tin Loan ('oiiipHii. who wen' h"i * t roia Tia ro Han' - . Tin oft ice wa I il led w I i beautiful Ihiwi t . ■ '• by 11 iiai'l of th" of Ini' . all and t In com pauy and all inlornc I tin' in \
■ Ifn " a id its littnigs.
Sp a nil l alnn s wa re so n" I’lltllivn ( Oiinly Inn I a ap" M ' lica which lia'I hi cn ('iilargi"l to -v i ial fi'ct in siZ" and they mu ie
a beautiful shm.mg on III'
vail <) "■ pn I in i n pa u .ii ai 11 om ’Ii Rola t llol f li ■ a a farm, ma Ie b V nStei • j Studio Aimthi l was a pietm I i l In I .oil" SI a i ' i ' ll ■ at ( on!)ai c I p$atit a I a "I In i w a an i a I view of the Little Walnut bridg'.' vest of ibe cily iiia'le by Voi
Steinen's.
Vheal Pliirujes Under S2 Mark
\\ \ Sill N i» TON, I Vh. «). (I D — Situ Ian ot State A<*hrmui said today that th<* trial ami si'iit«‘iiuiii|o ot Jom*I ( anliiial Miiids/.i‘iit\ was a h*ss at tai U" h> Soviet-emitrolled lliiii^ariaii ant liorit irs against moral resistaiMs- ot ( oinmiiiiisin. \< lieson said the I oiled States was eonsidering, anHUi); i dhei jMissildlities, taking the I Mimls/.enty ease to the I nited
| Nations.
Arht son said in a press con-
• lereiiee statement:
| *'lt\ this c onseienei'lesH attaeti l j upon religious and personal free • dom, as well as hy tin* persecti- : non oi I iiiheran liishop Lajos i OrdasH and other respeeled elmri h leaders, tin* Soviet eontroiled IlititKarlan authorities I seek to diseredll and eoeiee re- | li^ioiis k adeiship io Hungary in nrd* r to remove this souree y! moral resistance In (jortiinun-I
over
Idaho si^hte(| men «*n the ground at Cold Water C.omp, Ma , f t an tieally waving red tla^s to signal that they needed supplies. ski-equipped plane < raekod up its p)f»pel|ei landing; there and another wa ordered to try to My into tlu* community. An emergency mercy flight carried 18-nionths old h ranlc Goldsluiry tnim I•' ifI'jto. Ida., to Salt Lake City a hen a peanut lodged in hr; windpip* Hoads and raiho.ids were impa. — able, making the lli^ld n ('essary. A speeiali.st n niove | the peanut Iasi night and th intant was reporteii reifivering today. Al (Jreen River. Wyo., the Union H;n tfic W'as sei ving h.OOO meals daily in tin diner of 14 stalled trains
Victor Herbert’s widely-known operetta. “The Red Mill," will bo presented by the DePauw University Little Theater group, Feb. 24-26, in Speech Hall on the
a divorce i t H rvpus.
from a man
she
are still available Hannas Book Store or
The light opera, popular in revival for the past 43 years, ran for more than 500 performances •when originally presented. The cast includes Chris Hamil*
her daughter, Mrs. Wilson I’auw* Women's Phy.uca!
eler of Indianapolis. partment.
Ed d.' ' against Ed Grud, Kokomo bust- ton and
Willinn
-mlccood
ness man.
Greencastle.
2 Rooms Starts
A force of workmen on Tuesday began preparing the two moms on the east side of the public square for the occupancy hy the Standard Grocery Company. The two rooms will nc made into one large room and it is expected that it will be ready for an opening some time around the first of April.
( HM \(.0, I eh. 9.—( I I’) The price ill Ma> wlii nl plunge I below the $'! mark lor the first time in two years Ioda.\ in th" | sharpest prlee break siuee th' i
big slump a year ago. A LITTLE TOO $ ol No
GOLDEN, Colo., Feb. 9. <UP) Mr. and Mrs. Robert MeKuno derided today that the idea m j universal military training is be-
coming too universal.
Their eight-month-old son, William E. (Butch) McKune. r - eeived a selective si i vice ques-
tionnaire.
A spokesman for the draft !
boaid said, "Obviously therr's | iiiiiiiImt of been some mistake.” ( seluml unit
I N 1)1 \ N xrol.l’s, Ti ll. 9 — ! (|N I Big 'it> Ion es stored a I nolahli vii (or> tinla> when On* llol. a- passu), ,i.l to 15, tin House | Krnppoi I loilllienl ResnlulilUi. I hi meusui e now goes to thn * "I I.ate will'll the Kepiililteaiije nlri'lle.l lioilv is c\|MM*Mxl lu
: nmciib it.
I lie II' Ise lesolution, as pass- ! Ill V Oillil reilistrii't the stale nt | tin lia 5s oi the national eeiisus j let mi., I herein giving Hie larg er i.nintu's ii'.uiy iimre senaturs
ar l rupn'si iitiilives.
' IIt Simile today disregarded I I'd moms rei'ommenilatiiuiB of t.ov. Henry I . Selirieker and I passed the Senate lull I" inemasr i state paymi iits to school teaeh-
ers.
| The vide was II to 5. with 1 only |isr Democrats staying with i tin- governor's program of ileI fusing ill linamial allolmeiits j not iiieliMled in Hu- 205-llllUlon
dollar Uiulgel.
The trememli us pressure of | fhc teachers, lobby was able tu j for' e all other Senate Democrats I to join with the <■. O. I’, sena tors in passing the measure. The hill wonlil inereas*' the stale payment ot teacher salaries from 83 |>er eeht to 100 per eeiil I of Hie miminu'm salaries. It also
New Burial Site For Ernie Pyle
11( )Nl •! <! I iU. )' “l> 9 I UII ) I he remain . id Ernie I'yle. famin.' w.n 11in * i" nnleiit killed bv a J aimin', ii bulli't nh Ie Shima lining Hie I’aeitic war. will ari ivc liei e Fi h I I fur burial, the army aiiiiuuii' ed today. The tindy "f the United Feature . syndn a c eolumnist will be tii'iugtit from Saipan for interment in tin National Memn iu! (*i*met ery ot tin I'acif ic at tlie request ot the newspapermans tathei. Willia n '' I’yle Of I >ana. Ind I'y le va.' lulled by i la pa lies" macluni' gun bullet m April 1945. *:> •;> a * ^ # * «» * Todays Weather W and © v> Local Temperature ©
Clearing and i Fair atul little
i older today, colder tonight.
Tomorrow mostly cloudy. High today 30 to 35 north and 35 to
40
would redui e from 35 tu 30 fits ]
pupils composing a
south. Low tonight
15 to 20.
Minimum .
24’
6 a. m. _
25''
7 a. m. .
24"
8 a. m. .
25°
9 a. m.
27°
10 a. m.
29’
11 am.
. 35°
12 noon
35°
1 p. m
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