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By BEE LANDRUM
Camp Le* Batt Correspondent
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Company D won 'the Friday
retreat parade for the second
iuccessive weelt Friday, July
X. Forty Aggies, who consti
tute one-fourth of the com
pany, are certain that these
two triumphs were due to
their presence. One dissenting
voice was heard'from a Mich
igan cadet who voiced the
opinion that‘‘Company D won
in spite of the Aggies.” j
, The Aggies got off to a stumb
ling start in theik- pursuit of the
camp Soft-ball championship: when, [we want to go next.
Architects NoMn
Paris One Week
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| Paris, July 6—One week has now passed since the
group of ^A&M architecture students on the European study
tour arrived in Paris. Our plane landed in Amsterdam after
a through flight from Chicago, and we rode the train here.
This week has been a very full one.
One of the first, things we had - * •
to do was learn to use the “metro”
they lost th^iir first attempt to
Illinois. The game was a real
heart-breaker.
After six and a half innings of
play in a seven inning game, the
Aggies were leading ^'0. Illinois
came to bat,:and two home runs,
two walks, and an error 1 gave
them the! five iiuns necessary to
with 5-4. !
] 'Robert! Ledbetter, showing good
form with fpir control and a sharp
breaking cprve, pitched for ’ the
Aggies. I , . •
Not so jin volleyball, however.
The Aggies chalked up their 1 sec
ond victory in that sport Tuesday,
July 5, when [they defeated Ala
bama by scorels of 15-T and 15-10.
The Farmers have their-sights set
on the camp volleyball trophy, and
indications are that their aim mav
I • be. true. ,
' Although their play looked a
'I bit. ragged against Alabama, with
, • . j a little more practice they should
turn out a smooth working squad.
1 V. R. Porter,! accounting senior
from Italy, Tekas, is cadet com
pany commander of .Company D
fot} the week of! July 4. Other Ag-
^gie cadet officers-' for the week
r ;| are Kenneth Hoheycutt and Wesley
^ Isenhower, platpon leader and rila
. .toon, sergeant, tesp&tively, of ihi
or subway. It ii’ a very efficient
system and we can travel to an
part of the city in a matter o:
mihutes.
Informal Trips
Our daily expeditions have been
informal, and the group often
epljits up oii returning from the
trips’'through the city. At night
T#-\a i 4'W»a VarM -hof+e
Meador, (the group leader;
5KS
his maiji and asks us w
id
Jets
second platoon.)
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GROVE SCHEDULE
Monday, July 11—Bingo, j- I
Tuesday, July j 12—Movie, if'Flame
of New/Orleans’’ with Mar
lene Dietrich and Bruce Cabot.
Wednesday, July 13—Dance, Juke
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Thursday, July 14—Piano, Concert,
„ > Zucker'■sisters,, j- ',<!
Friday, July. II i—Square Dance:
i Saturday, July 16—Nothing sched
uled between summer terms.
\ What’t Choking
AGRONOMY SOCIETY, 7:30
in-.rTuesday, July 12, Agricultui
fit
-in-. > "Tuesday, July 12,, Agricultun
Experiment Statibn conference
room. Dr; Qu senberry will ’show
t slides on tfopicjal plants of Hawaii.
We have jalrfeady visited
jof the famous architectural
aniples in tlhe city, such as the
Louvre, Vetpailles, the Pantheon,
Stj Chappeh and the Invalides—
burial place jof Napoleon. Most of
these) have been turned into mus
eums, and tire filled with relics
and guides.
Our most I enjoyable trip was a
visit > to v Versailles last Sunday.
The French ! were celebrating our
Fourth of J|uly, and a very large
group showed up for the fireworks
display that night. It took place
on the edge of one of the famous
fountain-fillbd lakes at Versailles.
Firewlorks and Ballet]
First thetie were ballet and ac
robatic dianctes, accentuated by col
ored lightsli The fireworks kept
coming for b full hour, accompan
ied by changing colors in the three
main fountains. Some, of the sky
rockets had! three,’four, and even
five bursts, j ]' ' ■ '! it
The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
was less impressive than I had ex
pected, but the omateness of the
palace? itseU was indescribable. Ev
erything Wps gilded, carvei, and
colorful. Thie entire floor had been
covered with marble design but it
had to be ripped up when it proved
too hard to heat the palace.
" Water iij one of the things we
miss most j The tap water is of
doubtful quality, and the bars don’t
like to serve it. We havje jto take
either ale or wine. Too bad, iin't
it?-
Colson Nominated
Legion Commander
W. N. <Flop) Colson of Bryan
was nominated for commander of
the Earle Graham American Le
gion Post at the regular July bus
iness meeting pf the post.
6 her officers nominated are
vicel-co]
Board Protests Army’s
ROTC Uniform Ruling
Depot This M<
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vM ill m o Vi r\Y\ n fvoin a
Cotton Production
Limited by Senate
WASHINGTON, July 11—/—A
bill to cut down threatening sur
pluses of cotton went to the Hpuse
Friday, r T
Tha measure, passed by the Sen
ate Thursday would authorize the
Agriculture Deparfment to limit
the amount of land bn which cot
ton could be grown,', and would
provide for a new division of this
cotton acreage among the cotton-
producing states. \
Senator Anderson (D-NMj spon
sored the bill, with the backing of
cotton-state Senators.
The program would set up a
minimum allotment of about 10,-
000,000 bales for the next tWo
years, compared with a 14,626,000.
bale crop in 1948 and one this
year which is expected to be even
larger.
The acreage would be alloted
from a base figure of 22,500,000
acres, with special adjustments
for farms of five acres or less.
About 117,500,000 acres now are
under control.
State and county farmer com
mittees would set the allotments
for their own areas, rather than
having that dong in Washington.
Allotments would be based on
acreage planted during the four
years prior to 1949,
New Iiffitruetor
In Department
Of Journalism
Durward El. Newsom has
been appointed as the third?
full-time instructor in the
Journalism Department a t
A&M, with the rank of as
sistant professor, D. D. Burch-'
ard, head of the department,
announced today.
Winner of the Harrington Aw
ard, highest hdnor conferred by
the Medill School of )Journalism at
Northwestern University, [Newsom
has had some nine years of news
paper and radio experience. A
graduate of Oklahoma A&M, he
received his jlijjasters degree
journalism frdm Northwestern Un
iversity last Juhe.
Editor of the Drumwright, Ok
lahoma, Journalrand of the Drum
wright Evening* Derrick for four
years, the new ('professor has also
worked on the sports desk of the
Daily Oklahoman at Oklahoma
City. \TjlT i ; . |
His other experience includes di
rector of continuity and promotion
for Radio Station KSPI at Still
water, Oklahoma, a period with the
Oklahoma Tax Commissiop, and
instructor and information writer
for Oklahoma A&M.
He also served as secretary and
publicity director for Congressman
Lyle H. Boren of Oklahoma for a
ydar and a half. He; was in the
Nhvy from August 1942 to Feb
ruary 1944. j i U ' j,. ■ .
Newsom will specialize in ’ the
teaching of typography and news
paper business classes. He will also
offer work in radio news process
ing and in industrial journalism,
Burchard sahl.j:.l' !
Addition of a third! man to the
Journalism, Department gives the
teaching staff an aggregate of 40
years of newspaper experience. De
partment Head Donald D. Burch-
ard has IS years of newspaper
work, Professor Otis Miller more
.than 18 years in various aspects
bf the field, : hhd Newsom nine
years.
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want their A
to them must
address, am
charge at the
Office, 209 Qood^in
In tnaking
Roland Bing,
r 'graduates who
rgieland ’49 mailed
i leave their name,
a 26b mailing
Student Activities
pin Hall. .
the announcement,
jr of Stu
dent PubhbStibhs, said <jnly stu.
dents Who attended last Fall or
f ^
Bpring seme:
to receive thb anm
summer fee
giel&nd ’49.
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iu|tl,. since the
phym
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include the charge for the Ag
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cer,i Rich
Louis V.
Dov mard;j
Ernjeat
Electii
August
anc i off!
floor at
wai c!
firs
con r lict w
American
naLi
aslconveh
Legion in
Ljvh&h ai
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nder, Tim Moore; ad-T
^tasny; service offi
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anpa!; historian
d sergeant-at-arms,
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take place Monday,
dominations! for fin
nan be made 'from the
ugust meeting which
from the fifth to the
rlier date Will avoid
the final game of the
_ Ion baseball state fi-
ient and with the Tcx-
of the! American
Fort Worth, both of
August 5.
committeemen nom
inated at jlarge are Newt Burlin,
JJC.
Anton
and Ed S.
and John King told
[Of their experiences at
in Austin in Juhe.
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Anriouncements
The deadline fort ordering sum
mer graduation ianhoiuncements
has been extended UntH. 5 p.m.
Thursday, July 14, Grady Elms,
assistant director pf Studetit Ac
tivities, announced tojday. \.
The Student\ Activities dffice
wtill not accept ordeijs after that
time, Elms concluded. X
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Barlow “Bones”
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vin was named Athletic Director, k
vigorous protest was authorized against a Defense Depart
ment order barring foreign students from receiving govern/
ment issue ROTC uniforms, and low bids were accepted fo
three campus construction projects by the Board of Directoj
♦during' their weekend meeting b:
'tty' carattS.? i . ."/['j'
Irviii was last year’s Freshmi
coach rand' assistant) do ‘
under Matty Bell in 193;
story bn the new athletic
may be found on the sports; pag^
: The board worded, apd authoriz
ed Chancellor Gilchrist to forward
copies j) wherever he saw fit, ^
strong^ protest against the order
prohibiting non-citizen, students
from receiving government un
forms Upon Enrollment in the RC
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Popular with Latins
HOUSTON, July) Hj-fCflP).—Governor Beauford Jester
was found dead in his pullman berth on a train at the South
ern Pacific Depot here today.
First word of the Governor’s death was received when
someone at the station telephoned Homicide Lieutenant W.
; "" 1 ' •"I'" 1 .j 1— : —4P. Brown of the Houston Police
Department about 7:35 a.m.
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Durward E. Newsom is the third
full-time Instructor In the Jour
nalism Department. He will as
sume his duties here in the fall.
Farm and Home
Service Rated
--The farm and home infor
mation service of A&M has
been rated as seventh best in
the nation,, according to a rec
ent survey by the American
Association of Agricultural
College Editors.
Iowa and North Carolina placed
first and second respectively in
the survey. _ |
The .scoring was done on the
basis of five points for each “ex
cellent” and three points for each
“good” entry in the entire exhibit.
“Texas “excellents” included en
tries in the 4-H leaflet class;
syndicated press service; koda-
chrome slides; and a technical bul
led 11 written by Dr. C; M. Lyman
and Dr. K. - A. Kuiken, both of the
A&M Department of Biochemistry
and Nutrition.
Entries given “good” classifica
tion we’re in the magazine feature
story class; the annual report of
the Texas Extension Service; ag
ricultural fillers; silent movie; co
ordinated information media on a
single program; and the window
exhibit.
The 1950 annual ipeeting will be
held in Texas and 'Louis Franke,
extension editor of !A&M, was el
ected secretary-treasurer , of the
association for next year. [
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Pointing i put that A&M has alf
iys been popular with Latin.-
ways „ r - T1
American students and that theijj:
contact with the student body
greatly aided the Good Neighbc
Gollob Would Remove Kids
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C. GOLLOB
Heretyith I jldunch a spirited
‘Keep the Kidcies and Ushers
Out” campaign, which, if succesa-
Jn the exclusion
all children un*
ful, will result
from theatres pf
der twelve and all members
theatre politburo
tabbed “ushers’’)
:Far be it fropi
(euphemis
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this amiably, ul
tra-sensitive, kipcjly soul to sprink
le vitriol upon the angelic frames
of the nation’s kilddies and ushers-
Nevertheless, I [steadfastly con
tend tjhat the [1
definitely not vf
u tlieatre audiei
plain.
Today, as
favorite dre
ecstatically \kt
beauty and fisc
;tle darlings are
il constituents of
ice. Let nty ex-
Of Esther Wf
ly tumbled ou
the shrill pipi
old lad seated ip
was no longer
MGM's offering
Not content
itation, my
In his seat i
a jig to the
er,
tied
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keen percep
sense with '
blessed, had
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poriums, g;
the resplendent
atlng symmetry
ms, I was viblent-
of the Elysium by
of a three+year-
ffont of mq, who
enraptured with
(>f the day.
vith mere wocal-
itle friend i food ■
nimbly executed
_ it «f Us moth-
ver before real-
Fred
ii. 1 ft
seen me
that
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bled him
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wardly sense my growing animos
ity toward him. A weird smile
arose on his mischievous lips.
Turning to his keeper, he began
a series of exuberant gurglings
which madre promptly quelled by
perfunctorily popping a lemon
drop into Ijs open mouth. He
(shuddered w|th glee at the pros
pect that his dastardly plot Was
soon to materialize,' turned in my
direction, and with admirable and
remarkable precision, spat the yel
low rock squarely into my eye. ’
I screamed with pain as it
bounced crazily off my cornea,
clattered to the floor, and came to
rest beneath my seat. Unfortun
ately, I bear no craving for lemon
drops, and thus made no effort to
retrieve it. .Instead, I gently ap
plied a silken, hand-made handker
chief to my smarting eye and
glared violently at my little offen
der with the other, lurching for
ward menacingly in my seat..
To my surprise, his diabolical
countenance turned unexpected
ly benign. Simultaneously/ I
felt a lima purposeful hand on
my equarr, strong shoulder. It
belonged to a leviathan of an
usher, the cornets of whose
mouth were curled downward In
an expression of utter contempt.
“You’re disturbing everyone in
the • theatre with - your | cater-
woulings,” lie said/ in a whisper
that was audible in the second bal
cony. {
Mute with disbelief, I could only
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stand, utter a sigh of resignation,
gaze for a moment aijny tiny an
tagonist, who was wide-eyed with
joy, and leave. Albeyes were fixed
upon me as, abashed and humilia
ted, I strode rapidly iip the aisle,
managing a limp smile which
caused one patron to wrathfully
label me, “Villain, villain, smiling,
damned villain!” j; A
My dignity had been ruffled,
my pride shattered; my day hor
ribly rained, and worst of all, 1
missed the Tom and Jerry car
toon. Curses upan both their, ,
houses! In a matter of only
a few weeks, when my cam
paigning for the busting of kid
dles and ushera from theatres
has been overwhelmingly suc
cessful, I shall return.
No longer shall I be subjected to
the weird cacophony of shrieks,
screams, and gurgles emanating
from babes; no longer will weak-
kidneyed sprites trample savagely
over my feet in desperate at-
temps to gain the. rest poom and
thereby save face. ?!
And as I lie sprawled in my seat,
my legs dangling gracefully over
the seat in front, no longer will
the obdurate, zealous M.P.’s of the
theatre shine a one-hundred watt
bulb in my unsuspecting eyes,
wrap me gently across the knees
ba’,
with a crowfc
and purr, "Get
your damned f»t off the uphol
stery!” ]
Revenge will be sweet
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Policy, the board stated that suc[
an order is moving in the opposite
direction from iriendly Latin-Anf-
erican relations, '
Low bids; of $457,216 from the J,
W. Bateson'Company of Dallas for
the general construction: $48,482
from the Ross Plumbing and Head
ing Company of Houston for the
plumbing and heating; $48,7^4
from the Ling Electric Company
of Dallas for the wiring; and $6j,-
039 from the Otis Elevator Com
pany of Dallas for the building[s
one elevator! were approve^ for the
new Science building. Workmg tinie
in the construction contract wfis
225 day?. Total of the four hips
was $560,481.
Austin Company Low
- A low bid from I. J. Parks Ccm-
struction Company of Austfh vvis
approved I for the building of.la
milking unit at the relocated dairy
barns. Working time for tlat
building is 271 days.
Last of. the accepted bids u as
one of $29,881 for the asphalt *e-
surfacing of the campus and Col
lege View streets. This work is to
be done by T. C. Cage and Giessen
Brothers of San Antonio with? i a
contract working time of 60
An appropriation of $10,000 vfas
made tp finance a system exhjbit
at the 1949 State Fair of Te^as.
A report of the Texas Foiest
Service was given by A. D. Rol-
weilder, director of the Serv ce.
He outlined the organization, ijer-
vices, and needs of the timber j ro-
tection agency.
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Letters Authorized
Chancellor Gilchrist was apth-
orized by the Board to write letters
of 1 'appreciation to F- D. Fuller,
recently retired as ? chief of j the
Feed Control Service, and Hi B.
Parks, retired as curator of: the
A&M Museum, for their long!ser-
vice. ! Jl-
T. R. Spence, manager of phy
sical plants, was granted permis
sion to purchase a lot of used least
iron pipe and a pumping unit from
War Assets at Camp Claiborne
La. ' ! '
C. C. Krueger, member o:
board from San Antonio, wa
pointed as the third membe:
the College board on the A&M
Development Fund Board, replac
ing H. L. Kokernot, whose term
had expired and who is no lenger
a member of the College b>ard.
Authority was granted foi the
remodeling of the old Textile I uild-
ing here on the campus; Co: the
building of a warehouse at Ariw
ing ton State College; to tike bids
for a mew Science Buildipg iddi-
tion, award contract for ^girls
dprmitory lounge, employ anf en-
lions
focjtball
Col-
Dog Catching
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To protect students, faculty
members, and their families
from possible attacks of polio
and rabies, the campaign
against dogs on the campus
will be intensified by student
dog-catchers, announced Ben
nie A. Zinn, assistant dean of
men. A .A) '
Many complaints; have arisen
from college personnel because of
dogs in . the mess halls, play
grounds, and living areas.
These dogs constitute a constant
threat as disease carriers to small
children especially, and to all other
people who may come in contact
with them, They create a nuisance
in the housing areas by overtuni-
ing garbage containers which may
in turn create a greater hazard-
flies, said Zinn.
Three students have been em
ployed by the college to apprehend
all stray dogs found on the cam
pus and place them in the Francis
Hall Kennels of the Veterinary
Department. All dogs will be kept
in the kennels for 48 hours unless
they are called for within that
time. Persons claiming their dbgs
will be a assessed a fee hf $2.50
phis feqd costs. If they are not
claimed, they will be used by the
laboratory students in practice
work.
“I like dogs,” stated Zinn, “but
the heajth and welfare of our
students, faculty members,, and
their families must be considered
irtore important than unclaimed
stray pets.’\
Brazos Chapter,
TSPE. to Meet
The Brazos County A&lii Club
will hold its annual barbecue at 6
p. m., Tuesday, July 26, on the
tract of land back of Munnerlyh
Village donated by Cameron Webb
and Joe Sosolik, Oscar Crain, club
president, announced today. ,
In case of rain the barbecue will
be held at the American Legion
Grounds, Craijn.said.
Tickets may'' be obtained at
Blacks Pharmacy, Lipscomb’s
Pharmacy and the j Aggfelqrtd
Pharmacy at College Station. Tick
ets in Bryan may be [obtained at
Canady’s Pharmacy, W.S.D. Cloth
iers, A. M* Waldrop r & Co. and
Conway & Co., accordi ng ta Crain.
Persopz wishing to donate talves,.
chickens, goats, or hogs .ror the
barbecue i should photy Crain at
2-8845.
gjmeer for steam tunnel exten
and purchase new steel fo
bleachers at Tarleton State
lege. 1
WEATHER
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this
day
LST TEXAS —Partly clbudy
fternoon, tonight and ' Vea-
widely scattered thru ider-
showers in ex
t r e m e i orth
portion; not
much change >in
t e m p e
trtre?- .mof’ >rqtc
mostlfi
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The lieutenant immediately dis-
latched three homicide detectives
JoyA Barretjt, L. L. Watts and
frartk Murray, to the station to
>egin an investigatic
However,, Brown
far as he knows! the <
a natural death.
. Body Examined
Justice of the Peace Tom Maes
of Houston expressed belief the
Governor had been dead about -
four or five hours when the body
was found. 1 A
Maes examined the body with
Dr. H. L. Evans, a surgeon on the
staff of the Southern Pacific hos
pital here. ; ; i •
Evans refused to talk with re
porters about the possible cause of
death but Maesf said the cause Is
believed to bq (coronary occlusion
(a heart trouble). i
Friends recalled today that Gov:
Jester was feeling ill the first part
of last weelc. U® did not come to
his office one morning and told
Lt. Gov. Shivers he had suffered
a severe cape pf whjat iappar)
was ptomaine poisoning the l
before. ■. r ■ [ \ .1 . j, '/■' l:-
His office at Austin said the
Governor leff Austin last night to
go to Galveston i'6r a physical
checkup. He had planned to spend
several days resting on the coast
from the heavy duties during thei
just-closed 51st legislature.
Jester swept into the state’s
highest public office with an over*
whelming majority more than two
years ago. His victory ended a
battle over personalities in which
Homer P. Rainey; ousted Univer
sity of Texas president, 'was his
arch opponent; . A
Jester proclaimed he was cam
paigning bn the “people’s path,”*
and promised no hew taxes.
Taking offici Jan. 21, 1947, Jes
ter said his objectives included a
progressive and solvent; state gov
ernment-, meeting the needs of pub
lic education, health, social! wel
fare, law enforcement, capital an4 !
labor, safety, and the conservation
of natural resources
Life’s Ambition
A 46-year-old antbition wais ful
filled when Jester became govem-
Affable, distingjulslied - looking
53-year-old Beauford If. Jester
first expressed his idea of becom
ing governor at the age of 7 when
he asked his mother what 3 lieu
tenant governor’•was. His father,
George T. Jester, had been, elected
to that office. A 1 «’ \ ,
' Told that the ofiice was next to
the governor, young Jester replied :\
“Well, I want to l>e the real
governor.” j : f| f j
He became the /‘real governor”
—twice in a row. | ! , .
> The dignified but smiling lawyer
and gentleman farmer from Corsi
cana who described himself as'a
“liberal but not a loose Democrat,"
stepped into the Governor’s office,
from his railroad commission of
fice where he servbd sihee 1942.
Little Opposition
1 He made only three contested
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An instructor for the annual Firemen’s Training School d
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