i than a million and: a
\ Figures released
A defense department
>/f tal strength of the . . ,
Air Force and Marines i on- pclt 1
was 1,531 ««t 1! I ll i
This r«
the
11 to*
rmy,j}avy,
about 37,1
ure.
3resented ari
b a
over the; «ept.
!
ncre^of
Oct. 1 in parenthesis!
444 ( 635,000); Kavy
476); Air Force, J2,or
and Marine Corps, 3,i
on
(413,-
,000);
105).
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LOUIS TO DEFEND f
TITLE AGAIN
NSW YORK^ Oct.! 20 -IpP)—
Heavyweight Champion J^ejtouis
said Tuesday Ho "definitely-7will
defend his title in an 6uit/Utor thoiv
next Juriot; ! |!
The chalnp, who amtou(iced his
"'retirement niter knocking but Jer
sey Joe Walcott in Yankee {Jthdium
last Juno 23, told,nevirsmen olf his
TTcw decision after meeting Tues
day night with ‘Mike Jateotg, j resi
dent of the 20th Century Spoiling
Club.
il;
I' ‘f
Louis said lie intended; id give
the “Joe Baksi-EzzOrd'«CtijaTles
; fight December 10 the: onceVovor”
, and if it looks good he will take oh
, the winner. “If nothing comes out
a . of that show 1, might takp cm Lee
Savold who's putting h good Come
back,*' ho saidi !. I 7 ;
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LHOUN BERVED’WllH
veil iiiO; — A 1 )—
John C. Calhqun, chalrhiah b ‘ the
State Democratic Executive' Com
mittee, was served Monday night
with a copy of the petition, and
restraining order seckltl^ to pre
vent the purge of precinct chair
men who do not sign lajTruman-
Barkley loyalty pledge; !
Tiie order was granted ik Fort
Worth yesterday to Tahrafiit county
Democrats and named Calhoun one
of the defendants. ‘ i j |
, CALHOUN SERVED WI1
RESTRAINING ORDER
CORSICANA* Oct, 20
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Calhoun disclosed today thnit Joe
Allen. Corsicana cOpsthhle. jsbrvcd
the chairman at 7 p. mi Monday.
The restraining order geeks to
set' aside, action of the : state Dem
ocratic Convention atj Fort,(Worth
i . <-• resolution ordering ((he (cjyalty
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PICCARD EXPEDITION
DELAYED BY ILLNESS
t, French 1
\|frica,
x - Pic-
dition
onight
DAKAR, French Mt
Oct. 20 --(/Pi—Prof. :Augus
card’a 1 deep-sea diving expo*
is scheduled to leavd Daktii' (o . „
for the Cape Verde Islands, where
diving oapWiments ai'e ta bf made
in the Bathyscaphe. iOo^ftrture of
the expedition. Wl jbbeii delayed
owing to the illness of. prof. Max
Cosyrrs, Piccard's-nHfll'tant.
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VOLCANO ERUPTS
IN SANTIAGO J ,
SANTIAGO,: Chile! Oci, 20 (/P>
, Fortv powonii aro iwdrted dead
' and 200 mlnglhg in alvjlbMtaight-
hour eruption.of the !\’illavr|ca vol
cano of Ucautiti Drovhil'e, iniloB
.'routh of here. Proviftcjiar governor
\ Auvuslin Paiikda saai jtlie yplcano.
which lias been spouting stnbke
since April, oruptedi .yesterday
morning and poured but lava for
eight hours. j : |
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Junior-Senior
RV Members''
Ratio Altered
An aniendment to thff constitu-
T tion allowing?!a flcjxjblb ijatio of
seniors to juniors wai passed last
\ nierht at a meeting joT? the Koss
\Volunteer Company] | a j
Previously, the ratio had been
set at two Juiiiors for; every senior
but the hew amendhien^ allows a
variable ratio with maximum of
two junim*8 for every Senior and
u minimum of one jijniiior fpr every
The amendment, submitted by
C9I. H. L. Boatnoai PMS&T and
* Commandant, for approval of the
company, was passeu unanimously.
The’new ratio will allow more
junior membefs to; become senior
members. Under thfe ioltl rjulir “
would bayo been necossarj’
some ofithe juniors tb drop 01
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PEGGY KAY, pi another 1 one ibf the twelve candidates for
Sweetheart of the Corps. She is a sophomore.
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Ingineering Revolutionizes
t Agriculture - Turner
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s ’
LSS
riculltural
iulture, said in art address to the - * -
A&M branch of the jhnericaiit So-
:iety of Agricultural Engineers
ast bight I !• ill j t
Stressing the need -for agtjicul
oral i engineering in this country,
)r. Turner said. that! miglnchring
las revolutionized 'other Indua-
ries and that it can, and isU rev-
dutionizing agricuitufo.
1 I sincerely hopfjj said Dr.
Turner, that the agricultural «P-
gincering students In this col
lege do not have attitude
gineer can
done. We
avtf a long way tojgo and (a lot
7
members. Undw thfe jold ruling it
lit'
the end ;of one year .bjociuiab of the
for
out at
• f\
ership was
given by Col. Bill BeCkPr. He) said
that letters of eligibility l|turbeen
sent to moat of the nusjii’ed stu
dents. However, it is possible that
somq have been missed, ho con
^Becker asked that
who feola that he is
aon
'led and
ik 1 ]:
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fow sanlor vucmiclelni'e 'still open.
Jack Andrews* pifoiont
rommnndor, appoint**' 1 **’
the uomiiiatlon and
mittees.
Serving on 1
mittee are Jot
Certer. MembeM 01
commander, appointed nwiibers to
mpnny
■ra to
com-
At the dose of
drewi annouhcod
offlcerg would be
,nd tT„
'S
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that everything an
inoHsibly do has lx
have a long way to)go ..
of work to do bofuie the Inef-
ficitincies In food pfoductioo in
this| country are eliminated he
said* ■ I |
To omphasixe. (ho great aa.nouht
>f work to ho ilbno in agrlciji Utral
»ngincering and i^search,! Dr,
Turner cited precision plaiting,
improved harvesting methods,; crop
tomlltioning npd prdceHHing, and
weed control ns important ■prob
lems facing the U. Si Agricultural
Research Department today !■
Concerning the opportunit qs for
agricultural engineering students
ntor [graduation, Dr.|rurncr j^oint-
»d out that they might develop ca
reers in the field as advisors to
induati-yi, eoitsultiilg engtig'crs,
teachers in agricultufo Rchoolfe, or
as research engineers in the.ipub-
lic service with thel U.S'.DA. or '
the state agricultural dcpai’tjnjient.s.
Dr. Turner concluded his (talk
with ^discussion and filni Con
cerning some of the receiit re
search activities of his dejiart-
mciijt.
Dr. Tumor’s tajk \ before I, the
A&M Society followed: a dinner at
the & ggieland Inn at which be was
guest of hopor. Also: present: Ht the
dinner as guests ; .pt‘ the Society
were Dean of Agriculture (J. N.
Shepiirdson and the faculty qf the
agricultural engineering depart
ment! Representing; the Society at
the dinner were club officers Pat
Henr|y, Marc Davenport, Charlie
Modi sett, and C; F. Love.
Other highlights of the ARAE
meeting included the olcctj^n of
Leon Music'k as vice-presiddpt of
the Southwestern) Associatipn - of
Agricultural: Engiticerp. |»
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3 Students Given
Landscape Awards
dents in landscape alrt, are! win-!
ners of , the Dallas Garden hClub-
Belsterling Scholarships. The a-
wards are named An honor of Mrs.
Edward A. Belstcriing, DallnU. who
has been outstanding in th<f Club’s
activities. I I:||- ]£' ]
Selection of tho award winners
was made (by F. W. HenscL head
of the A4M LandBcapo A?t Do-
pavtment, and tho achofarahlp com-
mitteo of tho Garden Club.; |
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ho„
D MA
Sitvio,
rhOerma
’J f
-(An
1 production in a world that
Dr. Arthur W. Turner,
soils and ag-
S.P. Engineer
Cites Railroads
ME Problems
• 111 1 ' fi 1
jf'Mechanical Engineering
in its various phases plays an
ipiporUynt part in the design
of the steam locomotive, its
appurtenance, and its auxil
iaries,:’ J. 'p. Nethenyopd, su-
ptirintemlent of motive po\
and equipment for the Sou
su-
wer
duth-
erh Pacific Railroad, said yes-
tejrday. | 1 r
'Speaking before mechanical on-
giheorlng students on the Campus,
Neitherwood; outline<l the need for
“qotwtvuctive thought” in comfec-
ti|h with the entire meehnnibal di
vision of the railroads.
Centering most of bis attention
ort i,ihe development of the (various
types of locomotives, Nethcrwoo
concluded by saying, “j. . . No
matter what type of prime move
is Used by the railroads, there will
Still be many mechanical engineer
ing problems associated; \Vith its
development, improvement and its
maintenance.”
, Nethenvood, an ex-Aggie in the
Class of ’ll, has been (with the
Southern Pacific for 37 years. He
has been active with the;American
Society of Mechanical Engineers in
New Orleans and Houston; and has
held several committee chairman
ships in these sections.
, His speech, entitled “Mechanical
Engineering and the Railroads,”
was the first in a proposed series
of seven panel discussions on var-
ious railroading problems schedul
ed for presentation On the campus
within the next six weeks.
Matthews Attends
Army School Meet;
■Joe Matthews, administrative as
sistant in. the Extension Service,
met in Chicago last week with the
committee representing ;the U. S.
Apmed Forces Institute.
The committee, composed of four
civilians and four armed forces
personnel, met to examine records
oft 2,000,000 armed forces personnel
who have participated ip (the U.S.
A F.I. Training Program and to
lay plans for future work.
Matthews represented the Exten- _
>U Service on the committee, r city, San
•jlned personnel on the comnklt- gah .\ntoi
( included ohe army officer,
al officers, and one air f<
cor. The other three civil
IVMViVII «
of the Univeral
r. 0. O. Houle,
ritaraod
o .wring
tj>
rXxtension
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and), TEXAS, WEE NESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948’
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Ninth AnmjilJpet
Variety g An i|i al |
eluding a cUrbstope
1 . t i ■ jii »
md several other types of canines in-
tetter or two who wandered pn without a formal invitation demons
•■fstrated their finer poinjts ami tHeir
lung capacities much tq the delight
of their owners, all of [whom Were j
.students ip Consolidated gihdo
school. | i j ; " !
Dogs, however, were'not the 1 only
participants in the show. I Cnts,
horses; turtles, 1 fish^ birds, rac»
coons, ami rat# added (thoitj bi|; to
the show. About the oijly common
ly domesticated; animals not repi
resented wore rabbits; which,. in]
cidentally, were scheduled, to be
shown in h clais by (theiuselves. j;
Somoorie, of course, could have
made a mint of money by throw
ing in a lien circus as a sideline.
They would hiive had plenty’ bf
material. j ; | I 1 |’ ]i
Proceedt? fropi' the show, spon
sored by the Mother’s and Dad’s
Club of A&M Consolidated School,
will go for the support ot; the
school.
Winner^ of the various classes
(were:
Class I — Largc> long-haired,
pure bred! dogs over 20 pound*—
(tie), Nickodeinus, owned by Anp
Schlessclmdn; Abner, owned bp
Sue Bernard.
} Class II .— Large,
pure .bred dogs ovei’.,
Bianka, owned by Marilyn Peai'son.
Class III — Small, long-haired j
pyre bred dogs undeij 20 pounds !
Pinkie, oWned by Ann ElWas.
('lass IV — Small; short-haired
pure bred dogs under 2tr ppuni 1
JIrs., owned by Condy Thigh.
A’lass V — Largqj long-haired,,
Heinz Variety dogs oyer 20 pounds
—fSeottie, owned by Martha VletcTj-
cl tr
Class V r I —Large; short-haired,
Heinz Variety/dogs oyer 2Q pounds
Pancho, owned l»y Ben Tlrotter.
'Class Vll—Small, shorf-haii'ed,
Heinz Yiiriety do^s under, 2X>
]v>unds-Apetti*r, owned by| (Frcjd
Bensonf. | ij ! j, ' ' i ; •
SW Conference Sportsmans!
(jSejq Editorial on Page 2)
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the Sportsmanship Ctodd is tivfu
good relations between Soutjhwest Conference schdols.
T
best o|f his
relbeci and
al’s decision
nnei\
ther
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Team
A. Each meriiber of the team shall:
il. Participate mjjthe contest to the
ability, abiding by fair and propier nieabs of
conduct determined by the rules of] the coptest
2. Treat contest officials with due
courtesy and shall accept the offic
j in good Spirit.
3. Accept victory or defeat in a gracious nria
II. Student Bjpdf.; . h j| ; j j
A. Pre-Game Courtesy ; )
I 1. The Hpt School shall:
a. Write a letter to the visiting school and team
prior to the game. This letter should be pub
licised dufing the week prior to) game n the
Visiting school’s paper. Letter should lid; the
activities of weekend, i. e. banquets, dances;
and receptions.
b. Provide receptions and directidnfj for
ing istudentS and team. I | ]•]
c. Provide a means of informatiop-f-b(((oi
ush<*rs to provide information about tijekets
sections, seating, etc.
B. ! Game Courtesy: j •! j , Iji [; • j
\ 1. There shall be: cooperation hetweeii ^ell leaders
band, other student organizations, ajnd student
bodie^, i.e. yell leaders cheers will not coincide,
and student bodies will not yell While teams
are in a huddle or calling signals.
2. The student bodies shall avoid miscc nduct such
as fighting and overt demonstrations, use of
intoxicating drinks, disrespect and (disco .irtesy
toward teams and officials, and general disr
courtesies during the half-time period
C. Post-Game Courtesy
1. Each student body shall demonstraltei:
|-
a. Respect to both teams after game.
bi~
c.
Respect to each other and to spe
Mutual respect for school song:
the| are pmyed.
Wins Belt Buckle
T5ubba Day Is Named All-Rom
Cowboy in 27th Aggie Rod
e< tators.
s whenever
t
By BUDDY LUCE ♦
Tho cottqn-headod cowboy who
•ami out firstost with tho mostost
n the 27tH nlnhynf Aggie Rodeo
his week-ehd was James R. (Blib-
m) Day of Lomfl Vistii Texas.
Bubba won the: all-roiiind cowboy
mizo by averaging out 210 points
n the two nights of the rodeo in
he AH Pavilion. He flogged, dog
ged, and spurred his way through
ill the -events and even kept his
lat on most of the timje. His total
'oints mounted to give; him second
dace in bull riding, second place
'n bareback bronc riding, second in
'mil-dogging, and he and Gus
Wheeler teamed (up to Rapture the
first place in steer ribbon roping.
The all-round cowboy prize
won by Bubba was a $108 silver
and gold belt buckle with a
matching $15 belt. The various
other cash (prizes from the events
in which he placed (netted him
de Oi
$150 in cash. Ma
was runner-up t<j
170 points.
)verstreet
Bubba with
Uf j
Day, official chute | boss at the
Aggie Rodeo, has been on the
•odeo road sinco he wa$ old enough
to climb up on a chute and tote
his own riggin’. He ha# participat
ed ’ in rodeos in Texas and sur
rounding territory'. jL j
Bubba was born in iLoma Vista,
Texas, and went to high school at
Crystal City, Texas. Hi* is 19 years
ild and an animal husbandry' stu
dent in the Class of ’fl9. He went
harefooted until he w4« the proud
iwner of his first pair of cowboy
hoots and has never worn shoes.
He is a familiar sight pn the A&M
"ampus in his colorful shirts, 17
gallon hat, and color-blind boots.
.kMilLii'T
Bubba baa bartic
deos in CotulU, Bracjy. Johnson
San Marcos,
ikin
Antonio’s Teen Rodeo.’
Corsicana, Harper, and has '
•;! ■ fl •; .1 • :i. y
also had
He was
in
fc
»
«. AUA I.
*"**-Mk •(tor h.
ribs broken in the;r<|deo njt Com
fort, Bublm won a silver buckle
as champion bull rider in mother
rodeo at Harper, Tbxas.
^hort-haifedj/
(20' poundsyf-
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CLAIRE WILLIAMS] j* TSt’W
candidates for Sweetheart nf the ( ofps. pinner will bje announced
October 22.
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Cadet Corps Scene to
P *'
LI hi ' . - 1 - liyi 11. k ROL AND
senior*
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of! the tiwet
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Permission- has granted Paul ShlnT, Hollywood
producer, to„ use ti .shot of thd A&M (Goii]
the closing sceeh of J^iidieMiirphy’g fori
^$ad Boy’’, it was annpitnccjd today hy this
Gilchrist, chaucellorJ if
r II
Baptist Group;
Bans to Build-
Student Centef
' : f -f : '’Ji
Advance [plans (for the con*
struction of a Baptist tijradeni
Center for A&M Were made
PmoT",»i SIKJSffiSS^ # th «
(:iu»» XIM - - lvl« K.-inlilne ovfli- ^ de "!
•Class VIII Small, short-hair
ed, Heinz Variety dogs under 20
pbtinds—Wiggle, owned by Karl
Waidhofqr.
I Class IX — Dog tricks demojj-
stoited—(Flora, owned by Tommy
Terrell.
[Class ,X -&• C a t»—Snookum#,
owned by Earnest Tqiizer. . j
[Class XI —< Rabhitis—No entriejt.
(Tuhs XII — Other pet*f—Sally
Class XIII - - I'ets weighing ov«r
2(l() boirndn—Dickie ((horse); owmW
by Dan Dav^ (only entry)
Bubba was a
Aggie Rodeo Team
mdjmlter
v width
went to
Tucson, Arizona Idstji year jivheye
Prince Woo<l won the title
of All-
in tler-colle-
he TCU
he next
day won second placf in bareback
bronc riding at the Aggio-TU
riding contest m Austin.
round cowboy in,
giate rodeo. He: wkslj at t
Rodeo last spring] 4nd( t
Yeah, Bubba’s been oyt
everirthing that bu*’ 3
time you; see him
Say “howdy, podii
know you’re a “hair
Schedule for Vet
|
Pics Announced
Veteran juniors whose surnames
I bpgin with the letters U-ii should
f .. i have their picture# made today,
on tno Qctober 20, Truman Maiiin,; co-
etlitor of the Longhorn announced
today.
Veteran sophomores and veter
an freshman on the campu?, whose
'sjurnanris begin with thei letters
A-M, will have their pictures made
October 21. The remainder of the
tkvo classes will have: pictures made
October 23.
No pictures are scheduled for
Saturday, thus enabling any vet
eran who has not yet had-his pic
ture made to do at that timje,
Martin said.
>ii about
so (the next
campus,
nd he’ll
Union. _ .
Tho lrttildlilg will la? at tkr coti;
her of Main and Cluircjt StiuHa iii :
College Station on |ini(H'rt,Vfhwnudl:
by tho Bnplikt General Convention
of Texas. \ .. f (it- 1 -ji
The ((enter will be thii.heud- [
quarters for Baptist sludeifis and *
will provide facilities for. hotO :
the Baptist Student Union anil
the Baptist Bihle. Chair, Daniel
Russell, BSU faculty advisor and
(chairman of the buildliig cdmniit-
tec, announced, ! j ;
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Russell introilucefl Heiirj, May*
field and Philiji; Norton,'aychitecte'
The seijnp
!■*> A&M jif
1 Bjeen Licl ell
ybars ago by iVfiltpri Wang*
s of Ca(i€tft[ in
(icoming movie,
/offiqe pjf GSAb
• Wi il MlMw
i)|tovjj|?., 1 “)Vo’vo
‘uc« *
11 rOddeed
OrV
rard youn^teji (Murphy]
Based on
Sbluu will' plMi
of la
f
A’oi*
Nh’ef
devvral
K
way-
dnimed Hirnigh the; Boyd Ranch
iponnored hr tnl*.Variety Club
rexus, the iRtUro will end wl
Murph) pre i>armg. to enter
W: his edit'ittion. This is
thy’s firs( starring rale.
Acn.rdlrig to-
ie Fanpri’di'iH
li rcume title ftioatolecbratml toldien
o AVurM \S rtf| II, ! ciiincrlVlpsp to
bo feitturol.
< f uj SI* ■ *
•imi ucnditcd slory,
»||, Ttixua, la 1 who'
Uyinu a phift- Af Lhp stpri.wlth
which tlut' fl ill .18, (HrnaXeil. Wheq
T mphy fit t raturmuEfroin the
viiiv K pijori uetjl Texan qffioxjd to
«'ilil hlni to A&i1(l to iirejm'ri' for a
j ilf \vitn. Ids;.finn.
cd. Will
h
insuffljch'liii
The hrii» idodSnod* triU’-jiMMli
Ijhcauaoi Ids: pdl-wnr i i (luc itioiml
of
With
A&M
Mur-
Jnyd
auvantages tveiWi insufflfclcjnt to
prOphvo him ftir College*. At tjie
t )ite 1)0 was Miifl to lmv<. d fdtired
htt if ho could.go tojcoUuge A&M
v[uhld be HU (chjtiice. | * >
ortly after ( this! happened in.
Dal Ins, James uptl william Cagney
(spotted MuiifphjJ's pfetuh? on a
magazine novtr; and, offerid him
““ '4<l. Af-,
Andie!
actfepted, t ,
Afttr a flurity of jpubliiciky, he
retired from (he limelight aad
for the proposed butldipg, Who dis
played floor ipliins hi ml ehlyations,
of the building. ] ||].(|(
The majori portion of tl)'f r mon«|f
ey construction is jndng fifrnish- I spent Aycair.ahd a Half In train
ed by Texas Baptists, Russell ' ing. 4Pw‘r whkh nojcontraet.of-
said. The BSU dismissed'plans |fers-wci;e forthcoming, and he
for raising the tori&inder by
contributions of mAterial anil]
.
w ero It or
was dropped jby tjie (’agneys.
Audio did’a fe(v hit (parts, which
save him Sonjie publicity, hut
llttle]cash. Uis|(leanl days set in.
A ardent :Alji story from llolly-
vtood snys
bwl ot
ralon,
it Aft story
_ Audio, slept in a
7 on? • lIunt’H bjpdy-huililing
p etting by «n Practically nothing
il day. He Beht|hJs penaipti money
T oinb to Teiim I to support h i* or*
p Imned yomigoi* brother^ nM sist
^'.r- a
i| A® (Dclega
AmnlLonfl
Sarcty Congress
A&M ds rcpfilsented' at t ie, Na-
5, i «
P(P lj ‘ | L. ;i
diiWdorjlionjUte I^idustHnl
t ipudl) Safely Congress^ jhow in
tes
,11
d -•
tf'
Aiding Guthrie In
\ i: 3 - -
i» ttfing to get cloae enough to leap on
bulldofiring U DW C.HT GRAHAM, heieir.
1
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ill,
during the Ai
1,1
i ' ‘
fl Rodeo,
M
rod in ChicfagoJby E.
IjOrtts, direct
tenmon $i
Is, director
loin (Uf (tl
ri" ■, *
Tin*'cdni|rie#Sl which is
ialjri attracts J loncforN ini
if in[((uBtHtH iiid trtiffii
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